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. 2018 Jan 24;8(1):e016990. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016990

Table 7.

Results of logistic regression for hospitalisation of fever, diarrhoea and tuberculosis in India 2014

Covariates OR, significance level and CI
Fever Diarrhoea Tuberculosis
Age group (years)
 <1 1.65*** (1.30 to 2.09) 3.81*** (2.76 to 5.26)
  1–4 2.44*** (2.13 to 2.81) 4.62*** (3.71 to 5.76) 0.23*** (0.13 to 0.40)
  5–9 2.53*** (2.18 to 2.93) 2.27*** (1.78 to 2.89) 0.33*** (0.18 to 0.59)
  10–19 2.03*** (1.81 to 2.28) 1.30** (1.04 to 1.62) 0.73 (0.51 to 1.07)
 20–29 1.38*** (1.23 to 1.55) 1.02 (0.81 to 1.28) 1.29 (0.92 to 1.79)
 30–39†
 40–49 0.69*** (0.62 to 0.78) 0.77** (0.62 to 0.97) 1.17 (0.86 to1.60)
 50–59 0.54*** (0.49 to 0.61) 0.76** (0.60 to 0.95) 0.76 (0.54 to 1.06)
 60–69 0.34*** (0.29 to 0.38) 0.88 (0.69 to 1.11) 0.86 (0.61 to 1.21)
 70–79 0.27*** (0.23 to 0.33) 0.70** (0.52 to 0.94) 0.53*** (0.33 to 0.85)
 80+ 0.26*** (0.20 to 0.33) 0.62** (0.40 to 0.95) 1.18 (0.72 to 1.92)
Sex
 Male†
 Female 1.45*** (1.36 to 1.54) 1.33*** (1.20 to 1.47) 0.65*** (0.54 to 0.79)
Place of residence
 Rural†
 Urban 0.93** (0.87 to 0.99) 1.13** (1.01 to 1.25) 0.64*** (0.53 to 0.78)
Education level
 No education†
 Primary 1.08* (0.99 to 1.18) 0.94 (0.81 to 1.10) 0.69*** (0.54 to 0.87)
 Secondary 0.94 (0.85 to 1.03) 0.90 (0.76 to 1.08) 0.60*** (0.46 to 0.78)
 Higher secondary 0.87** (0.78 to 0.98) 0.80 (0.64 to 1.00) 0.48*** (0.34 to 0.68)
MPCE
 Poorest†
 Poorer 1.07 (0.97 to 1.17) 0.96 (0.83 to 1.11) 0.59*** (0.45 to 0.76)
 Middle 1.16*** (1.06 to 1.27) 0.81*** (0.70 to 0.94) 0.58*** (0.45 to 0.75)
 Richer 1.08 (0.98 to 1.19) 0.66*** (0.56 to 0.77) 0.65*** (0.50 to 0.84)
 Richest 1.03*** (0.92 to 1.14) 0.55*** (0.46 to 0.66) 0.52*** (0.37 to 0.71)

†Represents reference category, P value: ***<0.01, **<0.05 and *<0.1.

MPCE, monthly per capita consumption expenditure.