Table 2.

Univariate and multivariate analyses of factors associated with hepatitis E compared with other causes of AJS in northern Uganda from 2010 to 2012 (N = 144)

Characteristic	Hepatitis E n (%)	Univariate OR (95% CI)	Multivariate OR (95% CI)
Sex
Female	63 (44)	Reference	NS
Male	81 (56)	1.05 (0.68–1.61)
Age group (years)
≤ 10	5 (4)	0.12 (0.05–0.34)*	0.20 (0.05–0.80)†
11–20	36 (25)	0.83 (0.47–1.47)	0.92 (0.45–1.86)
21–30	60 (42)	Reference	Reference
31–40	32 (22)	1.30 (0.69–2.45)	1.60 (0.73–3.48)
40+	11 (7)	0.40 (0.18–0.87)†	0.45 (0.18–1.13)†
Pregnant
Yes	7 (15)	0.95 (0.35–2.61)	NS
No	40 (85)	Reference
District of residence
Kaabong	104 (72)	12.92 (7.70–21.70)*	13.04 (7.02–24.23)*
Other than Kaabong	40 (28)	Reference
Source of drinking water
Safe water‡	114 (88)	Reference	NS
Surface	30 (12)	0.89 (0.53–1.50)
Boiled and treated
Yes	29 (21)	Reference	NS
No	111 (79)	0.90 (0.51–1.564)
Used latrine
Yes	89 (64)	Reference	NS
No	51 (36)	1.00 (0.63–1.58)
Contact with jaundiced person
Yes	54 (39)	1.78 (1.10–2.86)†	NS
No	83 (61)	Reference
Total	144 (42)

^*P < 0.0001.

^†P < 0.05.

^‡Safe water included piped and protected well.

CI = confidence interval; NS = not significant; OR = odds ratio.