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. 2020 Sep 18;20:1428. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-09534-3

Table 2.

Logistic regression and 95% confidence intervals adjusted OR estimates for under-five child mortality risk factors

Variable OR (95% CI) aOR (95% CI) P-wald’s Test PLR Test
Child’s age 0.2458 (0.2033,0.2971) 0.2284 (0.1878,0.2778) < 0.001 < 0.001
Mother’s age 1.0167 (0.9997,1.0341) 1.0327 (1.0131,1.0526) < 0.001 < 0.001
U5 children 0.4384 (0.3713,0.5175) 0.3194 (0.2641,0.3864) < 0.001 < 0.001
Twin: Ref. = Singletons < 0.001
 Multiple 4.5955 (3.2921,6.4149) 8.1103 (5.1978,12.6549) < 0.001
Mother’s education: Ref. = No education 0.05685
 Primary 0.7409 (0.5317,1.0324) 0.6794 (0.4586,1.0065) 0.05388
 Secondary 0.7364 (0.5626,0.964) 0.6203 (0.4299,0.8948) 0.01064
 Tertiary 0.9147 (0.4968,1.684) 0.544 (0.2501,1.1833) 0.12467
Wealth quintile: Ref. = Poorest 0.28713
 Poorer 1.0304 (0.7505,1.4149) 0.8053 (0.541,1.1987) 0.28604
 Middle 0.8927 (0.6293,1.2664) 0.6923 (0.448,1.0699) 0.09779
 Richer 0.8981 (0.6178,1.3056) 0.6212 (0.3899,0.9899) 0.0452
 Richest 0.848 (0.5633,1.2764) 0.6481 (0.3712,1.1316) 0.12724
Elevation 1.0001 (1,1.0002) 1.0001 (1,1.0002) 0.04274 0.057
EVI 1 (0.9999,1.0001) 1 (0.9999,1.0002) 0.80514 0.80509
Water proximity 1.0001 (1,1.0002) 1.0001 (1,1.0002) 0.15599 0.15413