Table 5.
Adjusted odds ratio of E. coli contamination for the intervention and comparison group in stored water, adjusting for demographic factors and chlorination, hollow fiber ultrafilter evaluation, Kenya, March 2010–April 2011
aOR (95% CI) | P-value | |
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Treatment group | ||
Intervention (hollow fiber ultrafilter) | 0.42 (0.24, 0.74) | 0.002 |
Comparison (customary treatment) | Referent | |
Respondent age (years) | 1.00 (0.97, 1.03) | 0.92 |
Education | ||
≥ Primary school | 1.05 (0.63, 1.73) | 0.86 |
< Primary school | Referent | |
Water source | ||
Improved | 0.37 (0.23, 0.59) | < 0.001 |
Unimproved | Referent | |
Observed chlorination in stored drinking water | ||
Positive | 0.34 (0.13, 0.93) | 0.03 |
Negative | Referent |
aOR = adjusted odds ratio; E. coli = Escherichia coli.