Table 2 Factors in behaviors that contributed to diarrhea
From: Behavioural factors associated with diarrhea among adults over 18 years of age in Beijing, China
Behaviors | Number of reporting people | Number of people reporting diarrhea (%) | OR | 95%CI | Wald | Pvalue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Washing hands before meals and after defecation for the day | ||||||
Sometimes, almost not, never | 1085 | 261(24.1) | 1.000 | Reference | 34.663 | <0.001 |
Every time, most of time | 11851 | 2004(16.9) | 0.643 | 0.555 ~ 0.744 | ||
The type of hand washing | ||||||
Others | 5652 | 1098(19.4) | 1.000 | Reference | 25.486 | <0.001 |
Soap and running water | 7284 | 1167(16.0) | 0.791 | 0.723 ~ 0.867 | ||
Eating raw seafood or freshwater products | ||||||
No | 10668 | 1787(16.8) | 1.000 | Reference | 24.105 | <0.001 |
Yes | 2268 | 478(21.1) | 1.372 | 1.185 ~ 1.486 | ||
Using the same chopping block and knife at the time of processing raw food and cooked food | ||||||
No | 10088 | 1620(16.1) | 1.000 | Reference | 66.098 | <0.001 |
Yes | 2848 | 645(22.6) | 1.530 | 1.381 ~ 1.696 | ||
Using the same chopsticks to pick up raw food and cooked food when eating instant-boiled mutton slices | ||||||
No | 6522 | 1035(15.9) | 1.000 | Reference | 24.431 | <0.001 |
Yes | 6414 | 1230(19.2) | 1.258 | 1.148 ~ 1.378 | ||
If choosing to eat at restaurants or not based on their sanitary conditions | ||||||
Sometimes, almost not, never | 5437 | 989(18.2) | 1.000 | Reference | 3.01 | 0.083 |
Every time, most of time | 7499 | 1276(17.0) | 0.922 | 0.842 ~ 1.011 | ||
Regularly participating in physical exercise | ||||||
No | 5078 | 1062(20.9) | 1.000 | Reference | 61.137 | <0.001 |
Yes | 6576 | 1007(15.3) | 0.684 | 0.622 ~ 0.752 |