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Table 4 Association between adequate sanitation and prevalence of diarrheal diseases among 8433 children in Bangladesh

From: Equity in access to safely managed sanitation and prevalence of diarrheal diseases in Bangladesh: a national and sub-national analysis

Diarrheal diseases

Sanitation facilities

Unimproved

Improved

Percentage (95% CI)

4.87 (4.30–5.52)

4.49 (3.87–5.21)

Unadjusted PR (95% CI)

1.00

0.89 (0.73–1.09)

Adjusted PR (95% CI)1

1.00

0.86 (0.69–1.05)

  1. PR prevalence ratio, CI confidence interval
  2. 1Adjusted confounding variables: age, gender, educational qualification, number of households, household socioeconomic status, place of residence, region of residence
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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