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Table 2 Crude and adjusted ORs for hand, foot and mouth disease related to exclusive breastfeeding

From: Protective effect of exclusive breastfeeding against hand, foot and mouth disease

 

OR (95%CI)

Crude

P value

Adjusted*

P value

Overall

0.60 (0.45-0.79)

0.001

0.63 (0.47-0.85)

0.002

Sex

    

  Males

0.61 (0.43-0.87)

0.01

0.65 (0.44-0.95)

0.03

  Females

0.59 (0.38-0.93)

0.02

0.54 (0.33-0.89)

0.02

Age

    

  < 6 m

0.25 (0.01-1.88)

0.23

0.31 (0.01-3.39)

0.38

  6-12 m

0.58 (0.26-1.06)

0.08

0.45 (0.22-0.90)

0.03

  13-18 m

0.59 (0.28-1.03)

0.06

0.61 (0.24-0.99)

0.04

  19-24 m

0.47 (0.25-0.87)

0.02

0.38 (0.18-0.77)

0.01

  25-28 m&

0.41 (0.18-0.92)

0.03

0.41 (0.18-0.92)

0.03

  29-48 m

1.10 (0.59-2.00)

0.78

1.19 (0.62-2.30)

0.60

  1. *In multivariate logistic regression model, we controlled for age, hand washing habit before dinner, whether the children have played in outdoor playgrounds, household environment, etc. & Our initial analysis used 6 month interval for the age group-specific analysis, we found the group of 25–30 months was not statistically significant, in order to check whether month was the cut-off point, we further examined the association for each month within this age group, and found it was not significant after 28 months.
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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