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Table 7 Factors associated with laboratory confirmed newborn sepsis after multivariate logistic regression analysis

From: Risk factors and practices contributing to newborn sepsis in a rural district of Eastern Uganda, August 2013: a cross sectional study

Factor

Adjusted odds ratio

95 % CI

P value

Mother with history of bacterial infection and received treatment

 (Base = No)

  Yes

0.151

0.050–0.454

0.001

Inability to breast feed

 (Base = No)

  Yes

3.88

1.543–9.753

0.004

Newborn with diarrhoea

 (Base = No)

  Yes

0.218

0.081–0.586

0.003

  −2Log likelihood

152.61