Variables

Bacterial infection

Non bacterial infection

OR

95%CI

χ² test

n

%

n

%

Lower

Upper

P value

How long after birth did your child get ill

0 - 7 days

6

42.9%

8

57.1%

1.42

0.37

5.37

0.608

8 - 28 days

4

44.4%

5

55.6%

1.51

0.32

7.07

0.600

>28 days

22

40.0%

33

60.0%

1.26

0.48

3.33

0.642

>1 year

9

34.6%

17

65.4%

Ref

Child suffered from Otitis

Yes

4

36.4%

7

63.6%

0.87

0.24

3.16

0.826

No

37

39.8%

56

60.2%

Ref

Child suffered from Sinusitis

Yes

5

41.7%

7

58.3%

1.11

0.33

3.77

0.866

No

36

39.1%

56

60.9%

Ref

Child suffered from Pneumonia

Yes

20

35.7%

36

64.3%

0.71

0.32

1.57

0.403

No

21

43.8%

27

56.3%

Ref

Child had any co-existing childhood illness

Yes

17

39.5%

26

60.5%

1.01

0.45

2.24

0.984

No

24

39.3%

37

60.7%

Ref

Child is on treatment for the co-existing illness

Yes

17

40.5%

25

59.5%

1.08

0.48

2.40

0.856

No

24

38.7%

38

61.3%

Ref

Refusal to feed

Yes

35

41.2%

50

58.8%

1.52

0.53

4.38

0.439

No

6

31.6%

13

68.4%

Ref

Abnormal cry

Yes

27

45.8%

32

54.2%

1.87

0.83

4.21

0.130

No

14

31.1%

31

68.9%

Ref

Convulsions

Yes

38

38.8%

60

61.2%

0.63

0.12

3.30

0.585

No

3

50.0%

3

50.0%

Ref

Bulging Fontanel

Yes

9

34.6%

17

65.4%

0.76

0.30

1.92

0.562

No

32

41.0%

46

59.0%

Ref

Irritability

Yes

29

39.2%

45

60.8%

0.97

0.41

2.30

0.939

No

12

40.0%

18

60.0%

Ref

Stiff neck

Yes

18

43.9%

23

56.1%

1.36

0.61

3.04

0.451

No

23

36.5%

40

63.5%

Ref