Kerosene Oil Poisoning among Children in Rural Sri Lanka

Table 4

Analysis of proposed risk factors in case-control study.

Proposed risk factor	Cases	Controls	Odds ratio	95% CI (OR)		value
				Low	High
(1) Unsafe storage of household poisons	76	12	3.26	2.10	4.86	<0.001
(2) Inadequate supervision of the child	74	21	3.15	1.56	4.97	<0.001
(3) Inadequate house space	41	9	4.02	2.96	5.22	<0.001
(4) Lack of family support	38	12	2.14	1.88	3.36	<0.001
(5) Subjective economic problems in the family	49	21	0.57	0.39	0.79	<0.001
(6) Lack of schooling/education in mother	17	3	3.32	1.28	7.46	<0.001
(7) Young mother (<19 years)	9	7	1.38	0.51	2.1	>0.05
(8) Children with deprived schooling	2	1	1.22	0.87	1.45	>0.05
(9) Past history of poisoning	4	5	0.96	0.64	1.42	>0.05
(10) Employed mother	24	26	0.93	0.04	1.66	>0.05
(11) Farming parents	22	28	0.76	0.14	1.21	>0.05