Table 3 Risk factors of cholera in the study population
From: Assessing the risk factors of cholera epidemic in the Buea Health District of Cameroon
Risk Factors | Total | Cases (n = 34) | Controls (n = 101) | Odds Ratio | Confidence Interval | Fisher exact p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No (%) | No (%) | Odds of exposure | No (%) | Odds of exposure | 95 % CI | |||
Spring as drinking water source | 6 (4.5) | 01 (3.0) | 0.03 | 05 (5.0) | 0.05 | 0.58 | 0.07–5.16 | 1.00 |
Irregular water supply | 78 (58.6) | 17 (51.5) | 1.00 | 61 (61.0) | 1.53 | 0.66 | 0.30–1.43 | 0.32 |
Lack of home toilet facility | 30 (22.9) | 6 (19.4) | 0.21 | 24 (24.0) | 0.31 | 0.69 | 0.25–1.86 | 0.49 |
Poor kitchen facility | 17 (31.2) | 3 (10.0) | 0.10 | 14 (14.1) | 0.16 | 0.60 | 0.16–2.23 | 0.56 |
Poor food preservation method | 29 (25.2) | 18 (62.1) | 1.13 | 11 (66.3) | 0.12 | 9.20 | 3.67–23.08 | <0.0001 |
Eating outside the home | 90 (66.7) | 23 (67.7) | 2.09 | 67 (66.3) | 1.97 | 1.06 | 0.46–2.43 | 1.00 |
Below 21 years of age | 33 (25.4) | 11 (34.4) | 0.48 | 22 (22.5) | 0.28 | 1.72 | 0.73–4.06 | 0.25 |
Education below tertiary level | 102 (80.3) | 25 (80.7) | 2.78 | 77 (81.1) | 3.21 | 0.87 | 0.36–2.11 | 0.82 |