Table 2. Risk factors for infant Cryptosporidium infection between birth and six months.
Infants (n) | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | p value | Multivariate adjusted* OR (95% CI) | p value | |
HIV | |||||
HIV-exposed | 98 | 0.38 (0.14–1.07) | 0.067 | 0.45 (0.10–1.98) | 0.292 |
Breastfeeding | |||||
EBF-WHO at Month 1 | 89 | 0.66 (0.23–1.90) | 0.442 | ||
EBF-WHO at Month 2 | 93 | 0.58 (0.15–2.22) | 0.424 | ||
EBF-WHO at Month 3 | 97 | 0.43 (0.09–2.09) | 0.299 | ||
PBF at Month 6 | 91 | 0.23 (0.05–1.09) | 0.063 | 0.32 (0.05–2.08) | 0.233 |
Maternal Cryptosporidium | |||||
Crypto Month 1 | 69 | 3.18 (1.01–9.99) | 0.047 | 3.40 (0.88–13.06) | 0.075 |
Crypto Month 2 | 69 | 1.30 (0.47–3.63) | 0.617 | ||
Crypto Month 3 | 71 | 1.93 (0.63–5.89) | 0.251 | ||
Crypto Month 6 | 71 | 1.23 (0.42–3.58) | 0.710 | ||
Crypto any time | 95 | 2.76 (0.58–13.12) | 0.201 | ||
Household Factors | |||||
Owns Animals | 98 | 0.80 (0.31–2.11) | 0.654 | 0.75 (0.19–2.94) | 0.676 |
Washes hands | 98 | 1.72 (0.68–4·33) | 0.249 | 5.02 (1.11–22.78) | 0.036 |
Wealth | 98 | 0.97 (0.31–3.00) | 0.953 | 0.48 (0.09–2.44) | 0.373 |
Maternal Literacy | 98 | 1.51 (0.50–4.57) | 0.466 | 0.76 (0.16–3.70) | 0.735 |
*Adjusted for maternal HIV status (0 = negative; 1 = positive), PBF at Month 6 (0 = no breastfeeding or partial breastfeeding; 1 = predominant breastfeeding or exclusive breastfeeding), Maternal Cryptosporidium infection at Month 1 (0 = uninfected; 1 = infected), animal ownership (0 = no animals; 1 = owns animals), hand washing (0 = mother doesn't wash hands prior to infant feeding; 1 = mother washes hands prior to infant feeding), wealth (0 = lower 2 tertiles; 1 = top tertile), and maternal literacy (0 = mother cannot read; 1 = mother can read).
OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; EBF-WHO = WHO definition of exclusive breastfeeding; PBF = exclusive or predominant breastfeeding; Washes hands = mother's self report of washing hands prior to feeding infant; Wealth = index (0–10) calculated by summing a categorical list of household possessions and then stratified into wealth (top tertile) vs. not wealthy (lower 2 tertiles); maternal literacy = mother's self-report that she can read.