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Table 4 Frequency distribution and bivariate analysis of hygiene characteristics with diarrhea cases and controls in Eastern Ethiopia, 2016-18

From: The risk of water, sanitation and hygiene on diarrhea-related infant mortality in eastern Ethiopia: a population-based nested case-control

Hygiene Characteristics

Case

Control

Crude Odds Ratio

(95% CI)

P-value

n

%

n

%

Critical Time of Hand washing Practices

Do not practiced hand washing in any critical time

18

29.5

24

9.8

0.38 (0.16, 0.89)*

0.025

Practiced less than three critical time of Hand washing

36

59.0

145

59.5

3.02 (1.48, 6.16)*

0.002

Practiced 3 and more critical time of Hand Washing

7

11.5

75

30.7

1

–

Agents used during Hand washing

      

Not used any agents

51

83.6

78

32.0

1.91 (1.07, 3.43)*

0.030

Used (water + soap or ash/abrasives)

10

16.4

166

68.0

1

–

  1. *Risk factors significantly associated at p-value ≤ 0.05