Table 1. Association of Aeromonas species with moderate and severe diarrhoea in Pakistan.

		Controls	Cases	Total
Age strata0–11 months		N=630	N=615	N=1245	OR (CI)	P -value
Aeromonas spp.	No	574 (91.1 %)	516 (83.9 %)	1090 (87.5 %)	2 (1.39, 2.86)	0.000
	Yes	56 (8.9 %)	99 (16.1 %)	155 (12.4 %)
A. caviae	No	591 (93.8 %)	545 (88.6 %)	1136 (91.2 %)	2 (1.31, 3.03)	0.001
	Yes	39 (6.2 %)	70 (11.4 %)	109 (8.8 %)
A.dhakensis	No	621 (98.6 %)	606 (98.5 %)	1227 (98.5 %)	1 (0.39, 2.52)	1.000
	Yes	9 (1.4 %)	9 (1.5 %)	18 (1.5 %)
A.veronii	No	625 (99.2 %)	599 (97.4 %)	1224 (98.3 %)	3.2 (1.17, 8.73)	0.023
	Yes	5 (0.8 %)	16 (2.6 %)	21 (1.7 %)
A.enteropelogenes	No	628 (99.7 %)	612 (99.5 %)	1240 (99.6 %)	1.5 (0.25, 8.97)	0.657
	Yes	2 (0.3 %)	3 (0.5 %)	5 (0.4 %)
Age strata 12–23 months		N=672	N=394	N=1066
Aeromonas spp.	No	589 (87.6 %)	316 (80.2 %)	905 (84.9 %)	1.9 (1.34, 2.73)	0.000
	Yes	83 (12.4 %)	78 (19.8 %)	161 (15.1 %)
A.caviae	No	619 (92.1 %)	353 (89.6 %)	972 (91.2 %)	1.4 (0.93, 2.25)	0.095
	Yes	53 (7.9 %)	41 (10.4 %)	94 (8.8 %)
A.dhakensis	No	666 (99.1 %)	384 (97.5 %)	1050 (98.5 %)	2.7 (0.97, 7.57)	0.055
	Yes	6 (0.9 %)	10 (2.5 %)	16 (1.5 %)
A.veronii	No	654 (97.3 %)	376 (95.4 %)	1030 (96.7 %)	1.8 (0.94, 3.63)	0.070
	Yes	18 (2.7 %)	18 (4.6 %)	36 (3.4 %)
A.enteropelogenes	No	666 (99.1 %)	389 (98.7 %)	1055 (99 %)	1.4 (0.39, 5.08)	0.585
	Yes	6 (0.9 %)	5 (1.3 %)	11 (1 %)
Age strata 24–59 months		N=524	N=215	N=739
Aeromonas spp.	No	460 (87.8 %)	148 (68.8 %)	608 (82.3 %)	3.2 (2.15, 4.88)	0.000
	Yes	64 (12.2 %)	76 (31.2 %)	131 (17.7 %)
A.caviae	No	482 (92 %)	173 (80.5 %)	655 (88.6 %)	3.0 (1.85, 4.96)	0.000
	Yes	42 (8 %)	42 (19.5 %)	84 (11.4 %)
A.dhakensis	No	521 (99.4 %)	208 (96.7 %)	729 (98.7 %)	4.7 (1.19, 19.22)	0.027
	Yes	3 (0.6 %)	7 (3.3 %)	10 (1.3 %)
A.veronii	No	507 (96.8 %)	203 (94.4 %)	710 (96.1 %)	1.7 (0.79, 3.70)	0.167
	Yes	17 (3.24 %)	12 (5.6 %)	29 (3.9 %)
A.enteropelogenes	No	522 (99.6 %)	211 (98.1 %)	733 (99.2 %)	4.4 (0.80, 25.12)	0.087
	Yes	2 (0.4 %)	4 (1.9 %)	6 (0.8 %)