Table 5.
Feeding characteristics stratified by age of children aged <5 years with (cases) and without (controls) diarrhoea seeking medical care at Cairo University and Ain Shams University paediatric hospitals, Cairo, Egypt, 2004–2009
| Characteristics | Age 0–6 months (n = 187 for both cases and controls) | Age 7–12 months (n = 124 for both cases and controls) | Age ⩾13 months (n = 89 for both cases and controls) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Controls | mOR (95% CI), P value | Cases | Controls | mOR (95% CI), P value | Cases | Controls | mOR (95% CI), P value | |
| Currently breastfeeding | 149 (80) | 151 (81) | 0·9 (0·6–1·6), 0·8 | 92 (74) | 100 (81) | 0·7 (0·4–1·3), 0·3 | 43 (48) | 42 (49) | 0·8 (0·4–1·6), 0·6 |
| Type of drink during the past week before interview | |||||||||
| Cow's milk | 40 (30) | 28 (22) | 1·6 (0·8–3·2), 0·1 | 53 (55) | 55 (54) | 1·1 (0·6–2·0), 0·9 | 51 (68) | 61 (80) | 0·5 (0·2–1·1), 0·07 |
| Homemade juice | 42 (31) | 40 (30) | 1·1 (0·6–2·3), 0·7 | 82 (75) | 78 (68) | 1·7 (0·8–3·6), 0·1 | 68 (83) | 76 (92) | 0·4 (0·1–1·2), 0·1 |
| Tea/herbal drinks | 72 (47) | 80 (49) | 1·0 (0·5–1·7), 0·9 | 61 (66) | 80 (76) | 0·5 (0·2–1·2), 0·1 | 62 (84) | 64 (89) | 0·8 (0·3–2·7), 0·8 |
| Unboiled water | 13 (11) | 16 (14) | 0·6 (0·2–1·7), 0·3 | 31 (41) | 27 (34) | 2·0 (0·8–5·3), 0·2 | 16 (29) | 20 (36) | 1·0 (0·3–3·1), 0·99 |
| Exclusive breastfeeding | 50 (30) | 60 (36) | 0·7 (0·4–1·2), 0·2 | 13 (11) | 12 (10) | 1·2 (0·5–2·8), 0·7 | 3 (3) | 1 (1) | 3·0 (0·3–28·8), 0·3 |
mOR, Matched odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.