Table 4 Results of unadjusted and adjusted analysis to assess the effect of bottled drinking water on the incidence rates of different morbidities among the study children
From: Burden of childhood diseases and malnutrition in a semi-urban slum in southern India
| Â | 1st year (n=176) | Â | 2nd year (n=170) | Â | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Unadjusted Analysis¶ | Adjusted Analysis *¶ | Unadjusted Analysis¶ | Adjusted Analysis *¶ | ||||
Morbidities | Rate Ratio (95% CI) | P-value | Rate Ratio (95% CI) | P-value | Rate Ratio (95% CI) | P-value | Rate Ratio (95% CI) | P-value |
Respiratory | 0.83 (0.75-0.92) | 0.001 | 0.85 (0.75-0.96) | 0.007 | 0.80 (0.69-0.93) | 0.003 | 0.81 (0.68-0.96) | 0.015 |
Gastrointestinal | 1.19 (0.93-1.53) | 0.162 | 1.19 (0.87-1.63) | 0.271 | 0.90 (0.66-1.21) | 0.483 | 0.87 (0.58-1.31) | 0.507 |
Skin | 1.18 (0.66-2.09) | 0.574 | 1.52 (0.79-2.95) | 0.211 | 1.17 (0.78-1.76) | 0.449 | 0.97 (0.63-1.49) | 0.878 |
Other infections | 1.21 (0.66-2.22) | 0.537 | 0.98 (0.51-1.88) | 0.949 | 1.55 (0.89-2.69) | 0.118 | 1.27 (0.65-2.50) | 0.480 |
Non-infectious | 2.93 (1.06-8.11) | 0.038 | 2.80 (0.80-9.80) | 0.107 | 0.91 (0.58-1.44) | 0.700 | 0.90 (0.53-1.51) | 0.687 |