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Table 4 Multivariate predictors of subclinical RHD

From: Prevalence and risk factors for Subclinical Rheumatic Heart Disease among primary school children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: a community based cross-sectional study

Factor

COR (95% CI)

p value

AOR (95% CI)

p value

Age

    

 > 9 years

10.6 (1.4–78.2)

0.02

10.8 (1.4–82.2)

0.02

 *≤ 9 years

    

Hygiene

    

 Poor

2.5 (1.2–5.3)

0.02

3 (1.3–6.8)

0.009

 *Good

    

Overcrowding

    

 Yes

1.9 (0.9–3.8)

0.09

-

 *No

    

Family income

    

 Low

1.7 (0.8–3.6)

0.19

-

 *Middle

    

URTI

    

 Recurrent

    

 *Non-recurrent

19.6 (9.1–41.2)

0.00

21 (9.6–46)

0.00

  1. *Reference