Pattern and determinants of BCG immunisation delays in a sub-Saharan African community

Table 3 Predictors of BCG immunisation delays after multivariable logistic regression analyses

Factors	Delays beyond 14 days		Delays beyond 42 days
	Adjusted ^a odds ratio (95% Confidence interval)	Population attributable risk (%)	Adjusted ^b odds ratio (95% Confidence interval)	Population attributable risk (%)
Maternal
Employed (regular or part-time)	-	-	0.68 (0.51 - 0.89)**	0
No antenatal care(current delivery)	-	-	2.27 (1.37 - 3.75)***	2.2
Delivery by caesarean section	0.29 (0.20 - 0.42)***	0	-	-
Infant
Multiple gestations	-	-	1.85 (1.07 - 3.19)*	1.5
Treated for neonatal jaundice	0.55 (0.42 - 0.72)***	0	0.28 (0.15 - 0.52)***	0
Undernourished^c	1.70 (1.45 - 2.09)***	18.7	1.74 (1.45 - 2.09)***	20.8

^aAdjusted for maternal education, occupation, place of delivery, hospital admission and other covariates.
^bAdjusted for place of delivery, preterm birth and other covariates. ^c Based on z-scores for weight-for-age, height/length-for-age or body-mass-index of less than -2 singly or in combination, using WHO 2006 Growth Standards.²¹ *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001

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