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Table 3 Nutritional and Comorbidity Characteristics of ARI among Under Five Children in rural Ethiopia from January 18 to June 27, 2016 (n = 7911)

From: Determinants of acute respiratory infection among under-five children in rural Ethiopia

Variables

Categories

Presence of ARI

Total

P-value

No (%)

Yes (%)

Duration of breastfeeding

Never breast feeding

272 (94.4)

16 (5.6)

288

0.000

Ever breastfeeding, not currently

3978 (93.8)

261 (6.2)

4239

Still breast feeding

3041 (89.9)

343 (10.1)

3384

Receive vitamin A in last 6 months

No

4259 (90.5)

448 (9.5)

4707

0.000

Yes

3032 (94.6)

172 (5.4)

3204

Had diarrhea recently

No

6589 (94)

423 (6)

7012

0.000

Yes

702 (78.1)

197 (21.9)

899

Acute malnutrition of child

No

6427 (92.4)

525 (7.6)

6952

0.011

Yes

864 (90.1)

95 (9.9)

959

Chronic malnutrition of a child

No

4465 (93.4)

317 (6.6)

4782

0.000

Yes

2826 (90.3)

303 (9.7)

3129

Drugs for intestinal parasites

No

6128 (92.1)

527 (7.9)

6655

0.534

Yes

1163 (92.6)

93 (7.4)

1256

Anemia status of the child

Not anemic

4575 (93.4)

323 (6.6)

4898

0.000

Anemic

2716 (90.1)

297 (9.9)

3013

Vaccination status

No

4293 (92.1)

369 (7.9)

4662

0.758

Yes

2998 (92.3)

251 (7.7)

3249