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. 2021 Sep 16;224(Suppl 7):S717–S724. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiab453

Table 3.

Risk Factors Associated With Shigellosis in the Entire Study Population

Risk Factors COR P Value AOR P Value
FDMN
Season pattern (April–June/September–November) 3.07 (1.64–5.74) 0 2.48 (1.35–4.94) .005
Duration of diarrhea: 4+ days 1.69 (0.72–3.94) .227 - -
Bloody/semisolid/solid 22.59 (11.35–44.98) 0 10.87 (4.88–22.99) 0
Age: 5+ years 2.34 (1.42–3.87) .001 2.54 (1.41–4.61) .002
Male 0.53 (0.32–0.89) .016 0.5 (0.28–0.85) .012
Literacy 0.61 (0.18–2.06) .422 NA NA
Family members 5+ 1 (0.53–1.9) .989 NA NA
Tube well use 1.3 (0.3–5.62) .721 NA NA
Latrine use 1.14 (0.15–8.51) .901 NA NA
Soap use 2.21 (0.3–16.52) .439 NA NA
Severe dehydration 1.13 (0.41–3.14) .809 NA NA
Vomiting 0.62 (0.38–1.02) .059 0.67 (0.39–1.11) .125
Fever 1.15 (0.7–1.88) .585 NA NA
OCV received 0.41 (0.24–0.69) .001 0.29 (0.16–0.52) 0
Host Community
Seasonal pattern (April–June/September–November) 1.32 (0.66–2.63) .432 NA NA
Duration of diarrhea: 4+ days 2.01 (0.61–6.66) .251 NA NA
Bloody/semisolid/solid 24.14 (10.32–56.46) 0 25.71 (5.27–97.73) 0
Age: 5+ years 2.38 (1.21–4.71) .012 2.11 (0.74–6.38) .164
Male 0.68 (0.34–1.36) .275 NA NA
Literacy 0.39 (0.14–1.1) .075 0.4 (0.13–1.11) .094
Family members 5+ 0.58 (0.27–1.24) .159 NA NA
Tube well use 727 889.49 (0, Inf) .989 NA NA
Latrine use 728 159.07 (0, Inf) .989 NA NA
Soap use 0.48 (0.18–1.3) .148 NA NA
Severe dehydration 2.04 (0.62–6.76) .241 NA NA
Vomiting 0.66 (0.33–1.3) .228 NA NA
Fever 1.46 (0.68–3.13) .329 NA NA

Abbreviations: AOR, adjusted odds ratio; COR, crude odds ratio; FDMN, Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals; Inf, infinite; NA, not applicable; OCV, oral cholera vaccines.

NOTES: CORs, AORs, and P values are generated using logistic regression. For the adjusted model, we selected variables only for those which had an association with shigellosis with P ≤.10 in the crude analysis.