Table 2.
Crude and Adjusted Attributable Fraction and Attributable Number of Cases in First 2 Years of the Global Enteric Multicenter Study: India, Ages 12–23 Months (364 Cases, 374 Controls)
Pathogen | Cases With Pathogen | Unadjusted Analysis |
Adjusted Analysis |
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ORa | P Valueb | AF | Attributable Cases | ORa | P Valueb | AF | Attributable Cases | ||
Rotavirus | 104 | 22.5 | <.0001 | 0.273 | 99 | 36.4 | <.0001 | 0.278 | 101 |
Shigella | 30 | 11.4 | .0003 | 0.075 | 27 | 38.9 | <.0001 | 0.080 | 29 |
ETEC LT/ST or ST | 34 | 2.6 | .004 | 0.057 | 21 | 4.3 | .0006 | 0.072 | 26 |
Cryptosporidium | 45 | 1.7 | .031 | 0.052 | 19 | 2.4 | .006 | 0.073 | 26 |
Vibrio cholerae O1 | 19 | 8.8 | .002 | 0.046 | 17 | 9.1 | .002 | 0.046 | 17 |
Adenovirus 40/41 | 18 | 6.0 | .003 | 0.041 | 15 | 9.5 | .002 | 0.044 | 16 |
Entamoeba histolytica | 7 | 3.0 | .15 | 0.013 | 5 | 10.3 | .038 | 0.017 | 6 |
Abbreviations: AF, attributable fraction; ETEC, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli; LT, heat-labile enterotoxin; OR, odds ratio; ST, heat-stable enterotoxin.
a OR: ratio of the odds of moderate-to-severe diarrhea when the putative pathogen is present to the odds when it is absent. OR >1 indicates a positive association.
b P value from logistic regression.