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Table 2 Risk factors associated with nasopharyngeal carriage of S. pneumonia among school children, Sodo Zuria Woreda, South Ethiopia, 2014

From: Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern among school children in South Ethiopia: post-vaccination era

Associated factors

Carriage rate

No (399)

Yes (311)

P-value

COR (95% CI)

P-value

AOR (95% CI)

Male

201

152

0.85

0.96 (0.62–1.48)

  

Age ≤ 5 years

47

73

0.00

2.64 (1.46–4.78)

0.02

2.09 (1.13–3.87)

Having at list one sibling

356

284

0.50

1.22 (0.50–2.53)

  

Living with one or more siblings < 6-years old

217

182

0.04

1.61 (1.03–2.51)

  

Co-sleeping with siblings

229

233

0.00

2.25 (1.41–3.60)

0.01

1.89 (1.15–3.09)

Passive smoking

42

63

0.01

2.39 (1.30–4.39)

  

Income < 500 birr/month

127

114

0.21

1.33 (0.85–2.08)

  

Have one room in the house

89

78

0.30

1.30 (0.79–2.15)

  
  1. COR crude odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio