Table 2.

test of association between diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) pathotypes and the independent variables

Variable	Enteroaggregative E. coli	Enterotoxigenic E. coli	Enteropathogenic E. coli	Enteropathogenic E. coli & Enteroaggregative E. coli	Enterotoxigenic E. coli & Enteroaggregative E. coli
Type	P = 0.709	P = 0.506	P = 0.162	P = 0.334	P = 1.000
Loose	8 (15.1%)	4 (7.5%)	4 (7.5%)	1 (1.9%)	1 (1.9%)
Mucoid	3 (9.1%)	2 (6.1%)	0	1 (3.0%)	0
Watery	7 (10.9%)	2 (3.1%)	1 (1.6%)	0	1 (1.6%)
Gender	P = 0.612	P = 0.718	P = 1.000	P = 0.169	P = 0.512
Female	12 (13.6%)	4 (4.5%)	3 (3.4%)	0	2 (2.3%)
Male	6 (9.7%)	4 (6.5%)	2 (3.2%)	2 (3.2%)	0
Age group	P = 0.694	P = 0.619	P = 0.235	P = 0.314	P = 0.171
Below 12 months	4 (15.4%)	2 (7.7%)	1 (3.8%)	0	0
12-23months	4 (10.0%)	1 (2.5%)	0	0	0
24-35 months	2 (6.2%)	1 (3.1%)	1 (3.1%)	0	0
36-47 months	5 (15.2%)	2 (6.1%)	3 (9.1%)	1 (3.0%)	2 (6.1%)
48 months and above	3 (15.8%)	2 (10.5%)	0	1 (5.3%)	0