Predictor | Admission n/N (%) | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | P value | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | P value |
Age | |||||
24–59 mo | 47/238 (19.7) | ref | |||
12–23 mo | 27/189 (14.3) | 0.68 (0.41 to 1.14) | <0.001 | 1.22 (0.63 to 2.35) | <0.001 |
6–11 mo | 28/97 (28.9) | 1.73 (1.01 to 2.97) | 0.59 (0.32 to 1.07) | ||
2–5 mo | 42/70 (60.0) | 6.10 (3.43 to 10.83) | 3.95 (1.90 to 8.24) | ||
Sex | |||||
Female | 66/279 | ref | |||
Male | 78/312 | 1.08 (0.74 to 1.57) | 0.704 | ||
Ethnicity | |||||
Lao Loum | 88/496 | ref | |||
Other | 56/96 | 6.57 (4.11 to 10.49) | <0.001 | 1.87 (0.96 to 3.67) | 0.067 |
Time taken to get to hospital | |||||
<1 hour | 85/461 | ref | |||
≥1 hour | 59/129 | 1.37 (1.06 to 1.78) | 0.017 | 1.06 (0.58 to 1.94) | 0.847 |
Mode of transport to hospital | |||||
Private vehicle | 97/520 | ref | |||
Public transport | 44/63 | 9.97 (5.58 to 17.83) | <0.001 | 2.60 (1.09 to 6.24) | 0.032 |
No of household members aged <5 years | |||||
<2 | 72/341 | ref | |||
≥2 | 72/249 | 1.49 (1.02 to 2.18) | 0.037 | 1.14 (0.71 to 1.84) | 0.597 |
Cigarette smokers in household | |||||
No | 80/382 | ref | |||
Yes | 62/206 | 1.66 (1.13 to 2.45) | 0.010 | 1.07 (0.63 to 1.80) | 0.807 |
Household fuel | |||||
Non-biofuel | 13/114 | ref | |||
Biofuel | 131/478 | 1.59 (1.01 to 2.52) | 0.047 | 1.55 (0.77 to 3.11) | 0.223 |
Household drinking water | |||||
Piped | 34/336 | ref | |||
Other | 110/255 | 6.80 (4.41 to 10.48) | <0.001 | 4.67 (2.75 to 7.95) | <0.001 |
Household income | |||||
Above poverty line* | 131/569 | ref | |||
Below poverty line* | 10/19 | 1.45 (1.03 to 2.04) | 0.031 | 0.75 (0.18 to 3.18) | 0.693 |
Mother completed primary school | |||||
Yes | 109/503 | ref | |||
No | 35/82 | 2.77 (1.71 to 4.50) | <0.001 | 0.75 (0.36 to 1.59) | 0.460 |
Ever exclusively breast fed | |||||
Yes | 134/520 | ref | |||
No | 8/61 | 0.43 (0.20 to 0.93) | 0.032 | 0.67 (0.28 to 1.57) | 0.351 |
Previous presentation for current illness | |||||
No | 74/361 | ref | |||
Yes | 69/216 | 0.55 (0.38 to 0.81) | 0.002 | 0.63 (0.39 to 1.02) | 0.062 |
All age-appropriate immunisations received | |||||
Yes | 116/549 | ref | |||
No | 28/43 | 6.91 (3.57 to 13.36) | <0.001 | 1.47 (0.56 to 3.84) | 0.433 |
*Poverty line less than 250 000 Kip34
Lao PDR, Lao People’s Democratic Republic.