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. 2018 Aug 31;67(34):958–961. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6734a4

TABLE 2. Reported exposures among 32 cholera case-patients and 64 controls during a cholera outbreak — Dadaab refugee camp, Kenya, December 2015.

Exposure* No. reporting exposure (%)
Partially adjusted OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Cases (N = 32) Controls (N = 64)
Use of soiled communal latrine
13 (41)
3 (4.7)
14 (3.6–54.0)
§
Visible solid and human waste in compound
15 (47)
5 (7.8)
10 (3.3–32.0)
7.7 (2.0–30.0)
Swimming in rainwater pools
6 (19)
2 (3.1)
7.2 (1.4–38.0)
§
Sharing latrine with a person with diarrhea
11 (34)
6 (9.4)
5.1 (1.7–15.0)
§
Practicing open defecation
23 (72)
23 (36)
4.5 (1.8–12.0)
13.0 (3.0–61.0)
Sharing food from a common plate
32(100)
42(66)
3.4 (1.5–9.9)
5.9 (1.5–23.0)
Always washing hands with soap and water after using latrine
16 (50)
52 (81)
0.3 (0.1–0.8)
§
Owning household latrine 19 (59) 53 (83) 0.3 (0.1–0.8) §

Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio.

* All participants used communal piped water from tap stands; levels of free residual chlorine and fecal coliforms unknown.

Unconditional large sample logistic regression. All partially adjusted models included age and residence. Final ORs are adjusted for age, residence, visible solid and human waste in compound, practicing open defecation, and sharing food from a common plate.

§ Adjusted OR not calculated because p-value >0.05 for partially adjusted bivariate association.