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| Proposed risk factor | Cases | Controls | Odds ratio | 95% CI (OR) | value |
| Low | High |
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| Environmental risk factors | | | | | | |
| (1) Unsafe storage of medicines | 142 (47.3%) | 72 (24%) | 2.85 | 2.04 | 4.00 | <0.001 |
| (2) Unsafe storage of household chemicals | 168 (56%) | 54 (18%) | 5.80 | 4.00 | 8.40 | <0.001 |
| (3) Unsafe use/storage of agrochemicals | 58 (19.3%) | 38 (12.7%) | 1.65 | 1.06 | 2.57 | 0.027 |
| (4) Inadequate space in the house | 102 (34%) | 67 (22.4%) | 1.79 | 1.24 | 2.57 | 0.002 |
| (5) Inadequate supervision of the child | 249 (83%) | 39 (13%) | 32.26 | 20.83 | 52.60 | <0.001 |
| (6) Poisonous plants in the home garden | 95 (31.7%) | 23 (7.7%) | 5.58 | 3.42 | 9.09 | <0.001 |
| Psychosocial risk factors | | | | | | |
| (1) Psychological illness in parents | 11 (3.7%) | 0 | — | — | — | <0.001 |
| (2) Lack of social support | 43 (14.3%) | 42 (14%) | 1.02 | 0.64 | 1.62 | 0.907 |
| (3) Lack of schooling/education to the child | 5 (1.7%) | 7 (2.3%) | 0.70 | 0.22 | 2.26 | 0.562 |
| Family related risk factors | | | | | | |
| (1) Father using alcohol or illicit drugs | 61 (20.3%) | 87 (29%) | 0.62 | 0.43 | 0.91 | 0.014 |
| (2) Sibling disharmony | 12 (4%) | 18 (6%) | 0.65 | 0.31 | 1.38 | 0.260 |
| (3) Nonauthoritative parenting styles | 35 (11.7%) | 2 (0.7%) | 19.6 | 4.69 | 83.3 | <0.001 |
| (4) Mother employed outside the country | 2 (0.7%) | 5 (1.7%) | 0.40 | 0.08 | 2.06 | 0.270 |
| (5) Economic problems in the family | 115 (38.3%) | 155 (51.7%) | 0.58 | 0.42 | 0.81 | 0.001 |
| (6) Mother working during the daytime | 68 (22.7%) | 14 (4.7%) | 5.98 | 3.28 | 10.87 | <0.001 |
| (7) Primary level education in the mother | 51 (17%) | 15 (5%) | 3.89 | 2.13 | 7.09 | <0.001 |
| (8) Young mother (<19 years old) | 37 (12.3%) | 19 (6.3%) | 2.08 | 1.16 | 3.70 | 0.013 |
| (9) Marital problems among parents | 23 (7.7%) | 13 (4.3%) | 1.83 | 0.91 | 3.69 | 0.090 |
| (10) Lack of family support | 122 (40.7%) | 42 (14%) | 4.20 | 2.82 | 6.28 | <0.001 |
| (11) Single parent status | 2 (0.7%) | 3 (1%) | 0.67 | 0.11 | 4.00 | 0.656 |
| Personal characteristics | | | | | | |
| (1) Developmental delay in the child | 18 (6%) | 3 (1%) | 6.31 | 1.84 | 21.68 | 0.003 |
| (2) Personality abnormalities in the child | 3 (1%) | 2 (0.7%) | 1.51 | 0.24 | 9.09 | 0.656 |
| (3) Behavioral abnormalities in the child | 6 (2%) | 2 (0.7%) | 3.03 | 0.61 | 15.10 | 0.175 |
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