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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Oct 24.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Infect Dis. 2024 Jul 6;147:107165. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2024.107165

Table 1.

Patient demographics, host factors, and WASH elements.

Infants ≤ 12 months
Young children > 12–59 months
N = 41 % N = 90 %

Age Average (mo), range 7 (0–12) 32 (14–57)
Sex Female 15 36·6 39 43·3
Male 26 63·4 51 56·7
Diarrhea during prior two weeksa Watery 18 43·9 26 28·8
With blood 4 9·8 10 11·1
FCR (mg/L) Undetected 32 78·0 80 88·9
0·2–0·3 3 7·3 2 2·2
>0·5 (range 0·9–3) 6 14·6 8 8·9
MUAC measurement Well-nourished 35 85·4 72 80 0
At risk for MAM 1 2·4 2 2·2
MAM 0 0 0 0
Missing 5 12·2 16 17·8
Vitamin A supplementation within 6 monthsa Yes 27 65·9 58 64·4
No 13 31·7 27 30 0
Missing 1 2·4 5 5·6
Zinc supplementation within 6 monthsa Yes 25 61·0 51 56·7
No 15 36·6 34 37·8
Missing 1 2·4 5 5·6
Currently breastfeda Yes 34 82·9 16 17·8
No 6 14·6 33 36·7
Missing 1 2·4 41 45·6
Toileta Flush toilet 0 0 3 3·3
Ventilated, improved latrine 11 26·8 19 21·1
Pit latrine with slab 5 12·2 8 8·9
Pit latrine without slab 10 24·4 17 18·9
Bucket 0 0 1 1·1
No toilet 6 14·6 17 18·9
Other 0 0 4 4·4
Missing 9 22·0 21 23·3
Soap use in householda Almost never 3 7.3 12 13·3
Sometimes 19 46·3 37 41·1
Often 13 31·7 29 32·2
Almost always 6 14·6 12 13·3
Trash/garbage observed in/around householdb Yes 11 26·8 23 25·6
No 30 73·2 67 74·4

MUAC = mid-upper arm circumference. MAM = moderate acute malnutrition.

a

Data reported by parent/guardian report.

b

Wash elements measured by field staff observation (“Was trash seen in the yard or around the house?”).