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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 28.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Hum Biol. 2019 Jan 28;31(2):e23219. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.23219

Table 2:

Adjusted Odds of Infant and Child Immune Activation by Delivery Modea

Infants Children
Any symptomb Diarrhea Respiratoryc Symptoms Elevated CRP (>2mg/L) Any symptom GI infectiond Respiratory Symptoms Elevated CRP (>2mg/L)
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Caesarean delivery 0.11 (0.06, 2.29) 0.38 (0.04, 3.85) 0.48 (0.05, 4.52) 0.25 (0.01, 4.06) 1.44 (0.60, 3.47) 2.33 (.90,6.02)* 0.96 (0.39, 2.39) 1.58 (0.63, 3.95)
Age 1.10 (0.88, 1.01) 0.93 (0.74, 1.15) 1.05 (0.86, 1.29) 0.99 (0.80, 1.21) 0.91 (0.78, 1.05) 1.01 (0.85, 1.19) 0.85 (0.73, 0.98) 0.98 (0.81, 1.18)
Any formula 2.72 (.25, 29.0) 1.65 (0.16, 16.57) 2.65 (0.30, 23.29) 0.73 (0.06, 9.81) 1.57 (0.71, 3.44) 2.55 (1.06, 6.11)* 1.64 (0.75, 3.57) 2.01 (0.79, 5.09)
Stuntede -- -- -- -- 0.53 (0.12, 2.40) 0.38 (0.05, 2.72) 1.95 (0.41, 9.16) 0.41 (0.05, 3.50)
Clean Bathwaterf 0.51 (0.04, 6..44) 0.59 (0.07, 4.96) 0.87 (0.12, 6.26) 0.36 (0.02, 6.35) 0.57 (0.17, 1.88) 0.54 (0.19, 1.53) 3.24 (0.87, 12.11)* 0.37 (0.13,1.04)*
Household size 0.67 (0.30, 1.51) 1.09 (0.72, 1.67) 0.93 (0.61, 1.41) 1.44 (0.68, 3.06) 0.91 (0.73, 1.13) 0.84 (0.63, 1.11) 0.87 (0.71, 1.08) 1.15 (0.91, 1.45)
*

p<0.05

a

Results for logistic regression models for each morbidity outcome separately; models in children additionally account for clustering by household.

b

Includes maternal report of symptoms including fever, diarrhea, cough/cold, flu, vomiting and rash, over the past 2 weeks

c

Includes cough, cold and flu symptoms

d

Includes diarrhea, vomiting and fever

e

<−2 SD length-for-age for infants or height-for-age in children

f

Defined as bathing in boiled, filtered or bottled water (vs. tap water) for infants and indoor bathing (vs. outdoors) for children