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Table 3 Comparison of the odds ratio of diarrhea risk between drinking intermediate-depth tubewell and shallow tubewell water

From: Impact of tubewell access and tubewell depth on childhood diarrhea in Matlab, Bangladesh

Comparison

Control variables

n

OR

95%CI

p

Intermediate-depth wells vs. shallow wells

Unstratified

45600

1.24

1.19

1.29

< 0.001

 

Flood control

     
 

   Yes

17926

1.43

1.33

1.53

< 0.001

 

   No

33480

1.15

1.09

1.21

< 0.001

 

Population density

     
 

   Low

13157

1.25

1.16

1.36

< 0.001

 

   Medium

15191

1.22

1.14

1.31

< 0.001

 

   High

17252

1.25

1.17

1.33

< 0.001

 

Wealth

     
 

   Low

2510

1.13

0.94

1.35

0.197

 

   Low medium

11991

1.28

1.18

1.38

< 0.001

 

   Medium

19605

1.29

1.22

1.37

< 0.001

 

   High medium

9172

1.22

1.12

1.34

< 0.001

 

   High

1697

1.26

0.99

1.59

0.056

 

Education

     
 

   < 1 year

3513

1.21

1.04

1.42

0.017

 

   1-3 years

11417

1.20

1.11

1.30

< 0.001

 

   3-5 years

16639

1.33

1.25

1.43

< 0.001

 

   5-7 years

9895

1.25

1.14

1.36

< 0.001

 

   ≥ 7 years

4136

1.28

1.11

1.48

0.001

 

Year

     
 

   2000

6279

1.30

1.17

1.44

< 0.001

 

   2001

6436

1.30

1.17

1.45

< 0.001

 

   2002

6540

1.15

1.03

1.28

0.011

 

   2003

6597

1.17

1.05

1.30

< 0.004

 

   2004

6641

1.16

1.05

1.29

0.005

 

   2005

6590

1.35

1.21

1.50

0.001

 

   2006

6517

1.34

1.20

1.50

0.001

 

Children age

     
 

   0-12 months

2639

1.03

0.82

1.31

0.775

 

   13-24 months

3198

1.18

1.01

1.38

0.036

 

   25-36 months

3605

1.34

1.15

1.56

< 0.001

 

   37-48 months

3486

1.39

1.18

1.63

< 0.001

 

   49-60 months

3015

1.11

0.91

1.35

0.300

  1. Baris drinking shallow tubewell water are the referent group. Univariate logistic regressions were used.