Table 3.
Incidence of diarrhea, infection, and symptomatic infection by tertile
| Incidence of episodes per child-day in a low-income community (number of episodes/424,322 child-days of diarrhea surveillance) | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low tertile | Middle tertile | High tertile | ||
| Diarrhea | 0.00609 | 0.00634 | 0.00556 | 0.45 |
| Infections with parasites | ||||
| Microsporidia | 0.00020 | 0.00012 | 0.00010 | 0.06 |
| Cyclospora | 0.00058 | 0.00054 | 0.00054 | 0.87 |
| Cryptosporidium | 0.00038 | 0.00051 | 0.00040 | 0.21 |
| Giardia | 0.00389 | 0.00282 | 0.00215 | < 0.01 |
| Infections with associated diarrhea | ||||
| Microsporidia | 0.00006 | 0.00027 | 0.00056 | 0.39 |
| Cyclospora | 0.00020 | 0.00021 | 0.00017 | 0.73 |
| Cryptosporidium | 0.00015 | 0.00019 | 0.00084 | 0.08 |
| Giardia | 0.00091 | 0.00062 | 0.00043 | < 0.01 |