Table 5.

The association between breastfeeding practices and diarrheal disease among children aged between 6–24 months (n = 254) in Hadaleala District, Afar Region, Northeast Ethiopia, May, 2015

Breastfeeding variables	Diarrheal disease		Crude Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)	Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)
	Yes	No
Early breastfeeding initiation
Yes	40 (26.0%)	114 (74.0%)	1
No	63 (63.0%)	37 (37.0%)	4.85 (2.82, 8.35)	2.87 (1.49, 5.51)*
Breastfeeding at the time of the survey
Yes	72 (34.8%)	135 (65.2%)	1
No	31(66.0%)	16 (34.0%)	3.63 (1.86, 7.08)	3.51 (1.57, 7.82)*
Breastfeeding status in the first 6 months
Not exclusive breastfeeding	58 (87.9%)	8 (12.1%)	23.04 (10.23, 51.87)	19.24 (8.26, 44.82)**
Exclusive breastfeeding	45 (23.9%)	143 (76.1%)	1

*Statistically significant variables at p < 0.05 **Statistically significant variables at p < 0.01 | The result of Hosmer and Lemshow test was > 0.995