Effect of Haemophilus influenzae Type b Vaccination on Nasopharyngeal Carriage Rate in Children, Tehran, 2019

Table 3

Nonnursery’s children data.

Variables	Groups	H. influenzae		Unadjusted OR	95% CI	value
		Non b or negative; (%)	Hib; (%)
Age group	1-3 yr	338 (99.12)	3 (0.88)	1	1.24-18.09	0.02
	4-6 yr	190 (95.96)	8 (4.04)	4.74
Gender	Female	269 (98.53)	4 (1.47)	1	0.53-6.28	0.35
	Male	259 (97.37)	7 (2.63)	1.82
Family number	2-3	246 (99.19)	2 (0.81)	1
	4	234 (97.50)	6 (2.50)	3.15	0.63-15.78	0.16
	≥5	48 (94.12)	3 (5.88)	7.69	1.25-47.24	0.03
Father education	Associate’s degree, diploma, or less	205 (96.24)	8 (3.76)	4.20	1.10-16.02	0.04
	BSc, MSc, or doctorate	323 (99.08)	3 (0.92)	1
Mother education	Associate’s degree, diploma, or less	203 (96.21)	8 (3.79)	4.27	1.12-16.28	0.03
	BSc, MSc, or doctorate	325 (99.09)	3 (0.91)	1
Pantavalan intake	No	128 (96.97)	4 (3.03)	1.79	0.51-6.20	0.36
	Yes	400 (98.28)	7 (1.72)	1
History	Negative	495 (97.83)	11 (2.17)	1	0.00-6.27	0.99
	Positive	33 (100.00)	0 (0.00)	0.99
Smoking	No	436 (97.98)	9 (2.02)	1	0.22-4.95	0.95
	Yes	92 (97.87)	2 (2.13)	1.05
Antibiotic	No	519 (97.92)	11 (2.08)	1	0.00-27.32	1.00
	Yes	9 (100.00)	0 (0.00)	3.89

Simple and multiple logistic regression (forward method); .