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Table 3 Association between exclusive breastfeeding and diarrhea, illness with fever and illness with cough among infants aged less than 6 months in Ethiopia, EDHS 2016

From: Exclusive breastfeeding lowers the odds of childhood diarrhea and other medical conditions: evidence from the 2016 Ethiopian demographic and health survey

 

Illness with Fever in the last 2 weeks

Illness with Cough in the last 2 weeks

Diarrhea in the last 2 weeks

Yes

No

COR (95% CI)

AORx (95% CI)

Yes

No

COR (95% CI)

AORy(95% CI)

Yes

No

COR (95% CI)

AORz (95% CI)

EBF

 Yes

92

832

0.30 (0.15, 0.59)*

0.34 (0.16, 0.75)*

148

776

0.38 (0.20, 0.72)*

0.38 (0.20 0.72)*

54

870

0.23 (0.11, 0.48)*

0.33 (0.13, 0.83)*

 No

30

80

1.00

1.00

37

73

1.00

1.00

23

87

1.00

1.00

  1. *Statistically significant at P < 0.05. EBF: Excusive Breastfeeding: COR Crude Odds Ratio; AOR: Adjusted Odds Ratio CI: Confidence Interval
  2. xAdjusted for wealth index, birth order, age at birth, residence, ANC visit, place of delivery, mode of delivery, vaccination, source of drinking water, infant sex and infant age
  3. yAdjusted for wealth index, birth order, age at birth, residence, ANC visit, education level, place of delivery, mode of delivery, vaccination, infant sex, source of drinking water and infant age
  4. zAdjusted for wealth index, birth order, residence, vaccination, source of drinking water, type of toilet facility and infant age