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. 2014 Oct 2;8(10):e3072. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003072

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.