Table 5.

Adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) for all episodes of fever associated with respiratory or gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms between 0 and 12 months of age

Risk factor		Respiratory aHR (95 % CI)	p-value	GI aHR (95 % CI)	p-value
Household factors
Place of residence	Urban	-	-	-	-
	Rural	0.91 (0.70, 1.17)	0.442	1.02 (0.74, 1.41)	0.884
Household size	<5	-	-	-	-
	5–9	1.02 (0.89, 1.17)	0.729	0.89 (0.76, 1.06)	0.186
	10+	1.08 (0.85, 1.37)	0.541	1.36 (1.05, 1.77)	0.021
Socio-economic	Least poor	-	-	-	-
status	Less poor	1.23 (1.00, 1.51)	0.050	1.38 (1.06, 1.80)	0.015
	Poor	1.30 (1.03, 1.65)	0.027	1.28 (0.97, 1.69)	0.083
	More poor	1.34 (1.08, 1.66)	0.008	1.47 (1.12, 1.94)	0.006
	Very poor	1.15 (0.91, 1.46)	0.248	1.46 (1.10, 1.95)	0.009
Thatched roof	No	-	-	-	-
	Yes	1.05 (0.89, 1.23)	0.575	1.15 (0.96, 1.38)	0.121
Animals in household	No	-	-	-	-
	Yes	0.99 (0.86, 1.14)	0.908	1.13 (0.94, 1.35)	0.191
Distance from health	<1 km	-	-	-	-
centre	1–4.9 km	0.92 (0.74, 1.15)	0.464	0.90 (0.68, 1.18)	0.430
	5–7.9 km	1.25 (1.04, 1.50)	0.017	1.30 (1.05, 1.61)	0.015
	≥8 km	1.06 (0.82, 1.36)	0.649	1.51 (1.17, 1.94)	0.001
Maternal factors
Gravidity	Primigravid	-	-	-	-
	Multigravid	1.05 (0.88, 1.24)	0.592	0.83 (0.68, 1.00)	0.052
Number of IPTp	0	-	-	-	-
courses	1	1.14 (0.77, 1.70)	0.509	1.14 (0.70, 1.85)	0.596
	2	1.12 (0.78, 1.61)	0.539	1.28 (0.82, 2.01)	0.273
	3	1.31 (0.93, 1.86)	0.125	1.67 (1.08, 2.59)	0.022
Placental infection	Uninfected	-	-	-	-
	Infected	0.95 (0.82, 1.10)	0.529	0.97 (0.82, 1.13)	0.668
Infant factors
Birth weight	Normal	-	-	-	-
	Low birth weight	1.27 (1.03, 1.57)	0.025	1.22 (0.96, 1.55)	0.104
Sex	Male	-	-	-	-
	Female	0.87 (0.76, 0.98)	0.027	0.98 (0.84, 1.15)	0.832
Season of birth	Dec–Mar	-	-	-	-
	Apr–Nov	1.51 (1.29, 1.76)	<0.001	1.54 (1.28, 1.85)	<0.001
Bednet use	High	-	-	-	-
	Medium	1.15 (0.98, 1.33)	0.081	0.97 (0.80, 1.17)	0.724
	Low	1.11 (0.95, 1.31)	0.195	1.04 (0.87, 1.26)	0.643