title: Risk factors of diarrhea in children under 5 years in Al-Mukalla, Yemen.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the risk factors associated with diarrhea among children below 5-years-old in Mukalla, Yemen, and compare with other studies.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a case-control study on 200 children (100 cases and 100 controls) who attended the Maternity and Child Hospital, outpatient-clinics, and the Primary Health Care Centers in Al-Mukalla, Hadhramout, Yemen between February and April 2013.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found that the significant risk factors associated with diarrhea were crowded housing (odds ratio [OR] 2.02; p=0.02; confidence interval [CI] 1.03-4.01), incomplete vaccination of the child (OR=2.02; p=0.027; CI: 1.08-3.8), and recurrent diarrheal illness during the last 3 months (OR=6.61; p=0.001; CI: 3.41-12.90).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Diarrheal diseases are strongly associated with incomplete vaccination, recurrent diarrheal disease, and crowded housing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Hadhramout University, Al-Mukalla, Hadhramout, Yemen. E-mail. jalilkadim@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ali S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Bahartha
authors.forename: Jalil I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: AlEzzi
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003441:Crowding; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015006:Yemen / Q000453:epidemiology