Table 2 Characteristics, frequencies, crude and adjusted odds ratio for infection by Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia lamblia, in children hospitalized with diarrhoea in HCN, March 2015 to January 2018, Nampula, Mozambique

 Male

153

16 (10.5)

1

1

14 (9.2)

1.007 (0.440–2.306)

 Female

121

22 (18.2)

0.069

1.903 (0.951–3.809)

2.157 (1.017–4.572)

11 (9.1)

1

Age categorized (in months)

0.642

 0–11

134

21 (15.7)

0.375

1.598 (0.567–4.506)

8 (6.0)

1

1

 12–23

92

12 (13.0)

0.652

1.290 (0.426–3.903)

10 (10.9)

1.921 (0.728–5.069)

1.834 (0.686–4.904)

 24–59

48

5 (10.4)

1

7 (14.6)

2.689 (0.919–7.870)

2.224 (0.671–7.367)

Caregiver Education Level

0.075

 Illiterate

42

8 (19.0)

1

1

4 (9.5)

1

 Primary

103

8 (7.8)

0.056

0.358 (0.15–1.028)

0.290 (0.091–0.916)

11 (10.7)

1.136 (0.340–3.791)

 Secondary/Above

126

22 (17.5)

0.816

0.899 (0.367–2.205)

0.883 (0.331–2.351)

10 (7.9)

0.819 (0.243–2.763)

 Unknown/Missing

3

–

–

  < 5

76

12 (15.8)

1

2 (2.6)

1

1

  ≥ 5

176

21 (11.9)

0.406

0.723 (0.336–1.555)

21 (11.9)

5.013 (1.145–21.947)

4.762 (1.083–20.935)

 Unknown/Missing

22

–

–

 No

146

24 (16.4)

0.200

1.588 (0.783–3.220)

1.960 (0.899–4.273)

12 (8.2)

1

 Yes

127

14 (11.0)

1

1

13 (10.2)

1.273 (0.559–2.901)

 Unknown/Missing

1

–

–

Drinking-Water Source

0.373

 Well

56

5 (8.9)

1

5 (8.9)

1.054 (0.353–3.142)

 Piped water

74

10 (13.5)

0.421

1.594 (0.512–4.957)

8 (10.8)

1.303 (0.508–3.344)

 Public tap

141

22 (15.6)

0.225

1.886 (0.677–5.255)

12 (8.5)

1

 Others

2

1 (50.0)

0.119

10.200 (0.550–189.125)

0 (0.0)

–

 Unknown/Missing

1

–

–

 No

170

19 (11.2)

1

1

16 (9.4)

1

 Yes

78

17 (21.8)

0.030

2.215 (1.079–4.544)

2.704 (1.261–5.798)

9 (11.5)

1.255 (0.529–2.980)

 Unknown/Missing

19

–

–