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Table 3 Final generalized estimating equation model of factors associated with risk of diarrhoea in children under 5 years old accounting for repeat measures within individual and possible clustering in home and village

From: Water source and diarrhoeal disease risk in children under 5 years old in Cambodia: a prospective diary based study

Variable

 

IRR

L95% CI

U95% CI

P

Age

/y

0.830

0.760

0.907

0.00004

Visit Number

1

1

  

4.4 × 10-15

2

2.062

1.603

2.653

 

3

1.909

1.44

2.529

 

4

1.662

1.259

2.194

 

5

1.592

1.193

2.125

 

6

1.637

1.22

2.196

 

7

1.265

0.928

1.726

 

8

1.274

0.928

1.75

 

9

0.996

0.71

1.398

 

10

0.812

0.568

1.161

 

11

1.158

0.838

1.6

 

12

0.899

0.628

1.286

 

Any child spent night away from home in previous 2 weeks

N

1

  

0.003

Y

1.289

1.09

1.524

 

Household monthly income

/US$50 income band

0.945

0.878

1.018

0.137

Sanitation

Open defecation

1

  

0.036

Use latrine

0.782

0.621

0.984

 

Water source

1001 F water

1

  

0.0004

Piped supply

0.284

0.101

0.8

 

Rainwater

0.998

0.754

1.32

 

Protected groundwater

1.619

1.192

2.199

 

Other container water

1.569

1.149

2.141

 

Surface water

1.326

0.988

1.778

 

Unprotected groundwater

1.041

0.489

2.216

 

Recently changed water source

No

1

  

0.014

Yes

1.295

1.054

1.591

 
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