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. 2021 Mar 11;14:963–970. doi: 10.2147/IDR.S296928

Table 3.

Multivariate Analysis of Predictors of Measles Outbreak, Among Students of Tepi Campus, Southwest Ethiopia, 2019

Variables Cases
N = 40
Controls
N = 80
COR in 95% CI AOR in 95% CI P-value
Vaccination status
 Not vaccinated 22(55%) 15(18.8%) 1 1
 Vaccinated 18(45%) 65(81.2%) 5.29 (2.29,12.251) 5.149(1.938,12.058) 0.001*
Infected person in the dormitory
 No 27(67.5%) 68(85%) 1 1
 Yes 13(32.5%) 12(15%) 0.367(0.149,0.904) 0.591(0.156,2.234) 0.438
Knowledge
 Poor knowledge 15(37.5%) 20(25%) 1 1
 Good knowledge 25(62.5%) 60(75%) 1.8(0.796,4.071) 2.033(0.683,6.050) 0.202
Contact history
 No 30(75%) 72(90%) 1 1
 Yes 10(25%) 8(10%) 0.33(0.120,0.927) 0.149(0.041,0.544) 0.004*
Previous measles infection
 No 34(85%) 74(92.5%) 1 1
 Yes 6(15%) 6(7.5%) 0.459(0.138,1.529) 0.348(0.074,1.644) 0.183
Sex
 Female 16(40%) 22(27.5%) 1 1
 Male 24(60%) 58(725%) 1.758(0.255,1.267) 4.21(1.426,11.182) 0.009*
Age
 18–20 19(47.5%) 66(82.5%) 1 1
 21–23 21(52.5%) 14(17.5%) 0.192(0.82,0.448) 0.123(0.041,0.370) 0.000*

Note: *P<0.05.

Abbreviations: COR, crude odds ratio; AOR, adjusted odds ratio.