Table 1.
Characteristics of the cohort children during a 28-month longitudinal community study of Campylobacter infection, Moramanga, 2010-2012
|
Characteristics |
|
N |
(%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic data n = 508 | |||
| Sex |
Male |
249 |
(49.0) |
| Female |
259 |
(51.0) |
|
| Age group (months) |
< 6 |
295 |
(58.1) |
| 6-11 |
74 |
(14.5) |
|
| 12-17 |
64 |
(12.6) |
|
| 18-23 |
75 |
(14.7) |
|
|
Nutritional status data n = 506 | |||
| Stunting |
Yes |
151 |
(29.8) |
| No |
355 |
(70.2) |
|
| Underweight |
Yes |
46 |
(9.1) |
| No |
460 |
(81.9) |
|
| Wasting |
Yes |
5 |
(0.9) |
| No |
501 |
(99.1) |
|
|
Households data n = 439 | |||
| Number of persons/room (mean ± SD) 3.7 (±1.7) | |||
| Floor |
Concrete |
271 |
(67.1) |
| Mud |
168 |
(32.9) |
|
| Cooking area |
Yes |
411 |
(80.9) |
| No |
28 |
(19.1) |
|
| Shower area |
Yes |
50 |
(11.4) |
| No |
389 |
(88.6) |
|
| Latrin |
Yes |
281 |
(64.0) |
| No |
158 |
(36.0) |
|
| Domestic animals |
Yes |
134 |
(30.5) |
| No |
305 |
(69.5) |
|
| Livestock # |
Yes |
109 |
(24.8) |
| No |
330 |
(75.2) |
|
| Fowl§ |
Yes |
279 |
(63.5) |
| No |
160 |
(36.5) |
|
| Goods£ |
Yes |
434 |
(98.8) |
| No |
5 |
(1.2) |
|
| Source of drinking water |
Tubewell, borehole |
201 |
(45.8) |
| Surface waters |
239 |
(54.2) |
|
| Water drinking storage |
Protected |
139 |
(31.6) |
| Unprotected |
300 |
(68.4) |
|
| Garbage in the concession |
Yes |
222 |
(50.6) |
| No |
217 |
(49.4) |
|
|
Data about mother n = 416 | |||
| Age (years) (mean ± SD) 28.3 (±9) | |||
| Maternal education |
Primary |
294 |
(70.7) |
| Secondary |
91 |
(21.9) |
|
| Superior |
4 |
(0.9) |
|
| No education | 27 | (6.5) | |
SD: standard-deviation.
#Ownership of one of the following: cow, ox, sheep, pig, rabbit.
§Ownership of one of the following: chicken, duck, goose.
£Ownership of one of the following: radio, television, bicycle, sewing machine, mobile phone, rice fields, house.