Table 3.
Multiple linear regression modeling of the associations between rotavirus-positive MSD and the dependent variables changes in child’s LAZ/HAZ, WAZ, and WLZ/WHZ between baseline and end line
| Z-score | Overall | Sub-Saharan Africa | South Asia | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unadjusted Coef (95% CI) | P Value* | Adjusted Coef* (95% CI) | P-Value* | Unadjusted Coef (95% CI) | P-Value* | Adjusted Coef* (95% CI) | P-Value* | Unadjusted Coef (95% CI) | P-Value* | Adjusted Coef* (95% CI) | P-Value* | |
| LAZ/HAZ | 0.12 (0.08 to 0.16) | <0.001 | 0.13 (0.08 to 0.18) | <0.001 | 0.26 (0.19 to 0.33) | <0.001 | 0.19 (0.12 to 0.26) | <0.001 | 0.17 (0.09 to 0.24) | <0.001 | 0.06 (0.007 to 0.13) | 0.08 |
| WAZ | −0.01 (−0.05 to 0.03) | 0.483 | 0.08 (0.02 to 0.13) | 0.003 | 0.17 (0.10 to 0.24) | <0.001 | 0.15 (0.09 to 0.22) | <0.001 | 0.11 (0.04 to 0.19) | 0.002 | −0.009 (−0.08 to 0.06) | 0.782 |
| WLZ/WHZ | −0.1 (−0.14 to −0.05) | <0.001 | −0.19 (−0.23 to −0.14) | <0.001 | 0.07 (−0.01 to 0.15) | 0.087 | 0.06 (−0.02 to 0.14) | 0.118 | 0.03 (−0.04 to 0.11) | 0.347 | −0.08 (−0.15 to −0.009) | 0.027 |
Coef = coefficient; EAEC = enteroaggregative Escherichia coli; ETEC = enterotoxigenic E. coli; LAZ/HAZ = length/height-for-age z-score; MSD = moderate-to-severe diarrhea; WAZ = weight-for-age z-score; WLZ/WHZ = weight-for-length/height z-score.
*
Adjusted for age group, gender, clinical features, mother’s education, breastfeeding, baseline anthropometry, the main source of drinking water, handwashing material, available toilet facility, wealth index, co-pathogens (Campylobacter, Giardia, ETEC, EAEC), and site.