Assessment of measles immunity among infants in Maputo City, Mozambique

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Table 2 Risk indicators for the presence of immunoglobulin in the oral fluid from infants

	Presence/absence of IgG in oral fluid at six months		Presence/absence of IgG in oral fluid before measles vaccination at nine months		Presence/absence of IgM & IgG in oral fluid after measles vaccination
Variable	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Gender (F, M)	1.1	0.74–1.61	1.1	0.78–1.55	0.66	0.32–1.37
Breast feeding (Yes, No)	1.02	1–1.04	0.88	0.39–1.95	2.73	0.62–1.20
Measles history (Yes, No)	1.39	0.17–11.43	0.78	0.14–4.28	0.22	0.01–3.70
Type of birth (Normal, Caesarean)	0.94	0.81–1.83	1.18	0.58–2.39	0.54	0.12–2.51
Low-birth-weight (Yes, No)	1.03	0.25–4.21	0.78	0.44–1.36	0.36	0.13–1.94
Prematurity (Yes, No)	1.02	0.7–1.48	0.57	0.31–1.05	1.70	0.54–3.35
Weight for height cat (≥ -2, <-2)	-	-	0.78	0.32–1.87	1.18	0.12–1.01
Weight for age cat (≥ -2, <-2)	0.59	0.1–3.58	2.16	0.75–6.19	0.75	0.15–3.54
Height for age cat (≥ -2, <-2)	1.26	0.46–3.46	0.79	0.55–1.13	0.50	0.18–1.39
Mother's IgG (Pos, Neg*)	1.96	0.62–6.17	1.57	0.86–2.87	1.62	0.59–3.48
Mother's age ≤ 28 y, ≥ 29 y	0.81	0.29–2.32	1.15	0.61–2.19	1.08	0.67–1.75

OR – Odds Ratio; Pv – chi-square P-value; F – female; M – male; IgG – Immunoglobulin type G; IgM – Immunoglobulin type M; Pos – Positive; Neg – Negative.

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