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. 2021 Jul 6;20(2):1221–1228. doi: 10.1007/s40200-021-00845-9

Table 2.

Presence of clustered risk in children and odds ratio for observed/expected risk factors

Probability expected of children having
0 to 6 risk factors
Observed risk factors clustering
n (%)
OR (95% CI)
0 risk factors 0.178 192 (30.4) 1.71 (1.44 to 2.03)
1 risk factors 0.356 193 (30.6) 0.86 (0.73 to 1.02)
2 risk factors 0.297 108 (17.1) 0.58 (0.47 to 0.71)
3 risk factors 0.132 67 (10.6) 0.81 (0.63 to 1.04)
4 risk factors 0.033 41 (6.5) 1.97 (1.44 to 2.71)
5 risk factors 0.004 27 (4.3) 9.74 (6.62 to 14.32)
6 risk factors 0.0002 3 (0.5) 19.47 (6.26 to 60.54)
3 or more risk factors 0.169 138 (21.9) 1.29 (1.07 to 1.56)
4 or more risk factors 0.038 71 (11.3) 2.99 (2.34 to 3.83)
5 or more risk factors 0.005 30 (4.8) 10.25 (7.10 to 14.79)

OR: Odds ratio of observed/expected; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval