Table 2 Generalized estimating equation single predictor variable analysis of diarrhoeal disease risk in children under 5 years old accounting for repeat measures within individual and possible clustering in home and village
Variable | IRR | L95% CI | U95% CI | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | F | 1 | 0.275 | ||
M | 0.882 | 0.703 | 1.105 | ||
Age | /y | 0.819 | 0.748 | 0.879 | <0.0001 |
Visit number | 1 | 1 | 4.6 × 10-16 | ||
2 | 2.116 | 1.649 | 2.716 | ||
3 | 1.962 | 1.489 | 2.586 | ||
4 | 1.689 | 1.288 | 2.216 | ||
5 | 1.604 | 1.205 | 2.134 | ||
6 | 1.615 | 1.21 | 2.155 | ||
7 | 1.255 | 0.924 | 1.705 | ||
8 | 1.266 | 0.926 | 1.732 | ||
9 | 1.043 | 0.747 | 1.458 | ||
10 | 0.863 | 0.607 | 1.226 | ||
11 | 1.167 | 0.851 | 1.601 | ||
12 | 0.900 | 0.634 | 1.279 | ||
Child spent night away from home in previous 2 weeks | N | 1 | 0.004 | ||
Y | 1.313 | 1.094 | 1.577 | ||
Any child in family spent night away from home in previous 2 weeks | N | 1 | 0.001 | ||
Y | 1.340 | 1.125 | 1.596 | ||
Another case in house | N | 1 | <0.0001 | ||
Y | 2.167 | 1.852 | 2.536 | ||
Mother’s education | Primary or less | 1 | |||
Secondary or higher | 0.840 | 0.663 | 1.064 | 0.149 | |
Household monthly income | /income band | 0.899 | 0.833 | 0.971 | 0.007 |
Sanitation | Open defecation | 1 | 0.021 | ||
Use latrine | 0.762 | 0.605 | 0.960 | ||
Water source | 1001 F water | 1 | 0.0001 | ||
Piped supply | 0.322 | 0.096 | 1.086 | ||
Rainwater | 0.946 | 0.719 | 1.244 | ||
Protected groundwater | 1.625 | 1.198 | 2.205 | ||
Other container water | 1.602 | 1.181 | 2.172 | ||
Surface water | 1.478 | 1.095 | 1.993 | ||
Unprotected groundwater | O.936 | 0.399 | 2.193 | ||
Recently changed water source | No | 1 | 0.008 | ||
Yes | 1.335 | 1.079 | 1.652 | ||
Adults in home | /person | 0.942 | 0.832 | 1.067 | 0.345 |
Children in home | /child | 1.036 | 0.943 | 1.139 | 0.462 |
Propensity score | /1.0 | 0.690 | 0.440 | 1.000 | 0.106 |