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. 2014 Jul 2;91(1):190–197. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0568

Table 2.

Diarrheal disease prevalence and intervention effect estimates

Study arm May 2010 diarrhea period prevalence (%) June 2010 diarrhea period prevalence (%) July 2010 diarrhea period prevalence (%) Diarrhea prevalence over 12-week period (%) Diarrhea prevalence ratio (95% CI)* P value
Control (N = 220) 49 39 42 43
WASH BCC (N = 246) 61 20 14 30 0.71 (0.59–0.86) 0.0857
Filter (N = 235) 10 10 6 9 0.21 (0.15–0.30) 0.0286
Filter and WASH BCC (N = 203) 16 11 9 12 0.27 (0.22–0.34) 0.0286
*

Calculated using a GEE using a Poisson distribution adjusted for study clusters.

P values were calculated using Wilcoxon scores (rank sums) with the exact method (two sided).