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Table 2 Multivariate and Bivariate Risk Analysis Table

From: Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae among healthy children in Kassena-Nankana districts of Northern Ghana

Variable

Proportion with carriage n (%)

Adjusted OR (95%CI)

Overall P-value

Sex

 Male

32 (36.4)

1.48 (0.80–2.75)

0.22

 Female

31 (29.5)

 

Age (years)

 5—7

26 (40.0)

2.26 (0.85–6.05)

0.10

 8—10

25 (32.1)

1.58 (0.70–3.59)

 11—12

12 (24.0)

 

Childhood Immunization

 Yes

62 (32.6)

 

0.99

 No

1 (33.3)

0.95 (0.08–11.50)

Received PCV

 Yes

18 (38.3)

0.95 (0.38–2.36)

0.91

 No

45 (30.8)

 

Symptoms of RTI

 Yes

14 (37.8)

1.26 (0.59–2.71)

0.55

 No

49 (31.4)

 

Antibiotics taken

 Yes

1 (33.3)

0.89 (0.08–10.30)

0.93

 No

62 (32.6)

 

Household size

  < =7

37 (33.9)

 

0.62

  > 7

26 (30.9)

0.85 (0.46–1.60)

 
  1. *Odds ratios, confidence intervals and p-values were calculated using a bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis