Malaria, Typhoid Fever, and Their Coinfection among Febrile Patients at a Rural Health Center in Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 6

Determinants associated with typhoid fever in febrile patients at Ayinba Health Center, Northwest Ethiopia, from April to May 2013.

Variables	Typhoid fever
	Reactive (%)	Nonreactive (%)	value	COR	95% CI
Water source
Tap water	13 (23.2)	43 (76.8)		1
River	6 (27.2)	16 (72.7)	0.77	1.24	0.403–3.820
Spring	17 (16.0)	89 (84.0)	0.26	0.632	0.281–1.418
Well	2 (12.5)	14 (87.5)	0.36	0.473	0.095–2.235
Uncooked food feeding
Yes	14 (21.2)	52 (78.8)	0.57	1.234	0.590–2.57
No	24 (17.9)	110 (82.1)		1
Toilet usage
Yes	34 (19.1)	144 (80.9)		1
No	4 (18.2)	18 (81.8)	0.91	0.941	0.299–2.961
Hand washing habit
Poor	11 (35.5)	20 (64.5)	0.01	2.893	1.245–6.720
Good	27 (16.0)	142 (84.0)		1

: number; COR: crude odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.