TABLE 4.
Overall and stratified linear mixed-model results of time-varying livestock disease, livestock digestive disease, and livestock diarrheal disease with mean monthly growth in children <5 y of age (n = 800)
| Adjusted β (95% CI)1 |
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| Exposure and outcome | Overall (n = 800) | <2 y of age (n = 267) | 2–5 y of age (n = 533) | June–November exposure (n = 792) | December–April exposure (n = 713) |
| Any livestock disease | |||||
| Height gain, cm/mo | −0.007 (−0.02, 0.006) | 0.0002 (−0.036, 0.037) | −0.011 (−0.024, 0.002) | −0.019 (−0.040, 0.002) | −0.047 (−0.101, 0.006) |
| Weight gain, kg/mo | −0.006 (−0.02, 0.004) | −0.016 (−0.035, 0.003) | −0.002 (−0.015, 0.011) | −0.009 (−0.024, 0.007) | −0.012 (−0.068, 0.044) |
| Livestock digestive disease2 | |||||
| Height gain, cm/mo | −0.016 (−0.039, 0.007) | 0.009 (−0.048, 0.064) | −0.023 (−0.046, 0.000) | −0.063 (−0.112, −0.016) | −0.048 (−0.123, 0.033) |
| Weight gain, kg/mo | −0.007 (−0.025, 0.010) | −0.033 (−0.063, −0.003) | 0.003 (−0.019, 0.025) | −0.003 (−0.037, 0.030) | −0.004 (−0.080, 0.071) |
| Livestock diarrheal disease2 | |||||
| Height gain, cm/mo | −0.011 (−0.042, 0.020) | −0.009 (−0.079, 0.061) | −0.014 (−0.047, 0.018) | −0.056 (−0.129, 0.016) | −0.076 (−0.171, 0.020) |
| Weight gain, kg/mo | 0.009 (−0.016, 0.033) | −0.0002 (−0.038, 0.038) | 0.016 (−0.014, 0.048) | 0.009 (−0.043, 0.062) | −0.033 (−0.131, 0.064) |
1
Adjusted for household wealth, child sex, child age, number of household members, and baseline livestock ownership.
2
Livestock digestive disease is a category within any livestock disease; livestock diarrheal disease is a category within livestock digestive disease.