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Table 4 Comparison of the odds ratio of diarrhea risk between drinking deep 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

Deep wells vs. shallow wells

Unstratified

29900

0.86

0.74

1.01

0.063

 

Flood control

     
 

   Yes

11088

0.81

0.63

1.05

0.118

 

   No

18812

0.92

0.76

1.13

0.430

 

Population density

     
 

   Low

8599

0.70

0.51

0.96

0.028

 

   Medium

10407

0.94

0.72

1.23

0.670

 

   High

10894

0.94

0.73

1.21

0.647

 

Wealth

     
 

   Low

1789

1.52

0.83

2.77

0.179

 

   Low medium

5468

0.75

0.51

1.10

0.142

 

   Medium

12846

0.95

0.76

1.20

0.668

 

   High medium

5395

0.81

0.58

1.12

0.206

 

   High

1109

0.71

0.29

1.72

0.446

 

Education

     
 

   < 1 year

2471

0.11

0.02

0.82

0.031

 

   1-3 years

7989

1.22

0.88

1.68

0.236

 

   3-5 years

10819

0.78

0.57

1.05

0.105

 

   5-7 years

6424

0.96

0.74

1.24

0.763

 

   ≥ 7 years

3197

0.58

0.32

1.05

0.072

 

Year

     
 

   2000

4118

0.79

0.51

1.22

0.292

 

   2001

4227

0.85

0.55

1.31

0.462

 

   2002

4290

0.84

0.56

1.27

0.410

 

   2003

4335

0.83

0.56

1.26

0.385

 

   2004

4352

0.94

0.64

1.39

0.755

 

   2005

4316

0.79

0.51

1.22

0.286

 

   2006

4262

1.13

0.74

1.72

0.573

 

Children age

     
 

   0-12 months

1731

0.46

0.14

1.49

0.194

 

   13-24 months

2097

0.50

0.25

0.99

0.046

 

   25-36 months

2362

1.08

0.62

1.90

0.777

 

   37-48 months

2261

0.75

0.36

1.53

0.426

 

   49-60 months

1968

0.68

0.26

1.73

0.413

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