Table 3. Effects of EAEC detection in monthly surveillance stools on weight (WAZ) and length (LAZ) attainment at 2 years of age among 1,727 children in the MAL-ED cohort with anthropometric measurements at 2 years.
| High frequency of EAEC detection in age period* | No. exposed (%) N = 1736 |
WAZ difference at 2 years (95% CI)† | No. exposed (%) N = 1487 |
LAZ difference at 2 years (95% CI) † |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–6 mo. only | 212 (12.2) | 0.07 (-0.08, 0.21) | 159 (10.7) | 0.02 (-0.14, 0.17) |
| 7–12 mo. only | 261 (15.0) | 0.05 (-0.08, 0.18) | 236 (15.9) | -0.01 (-0.15, 0.12) |
| 15–24 mo. only | 203 (11.7) | 0.08 (-0.06, 0.22) | 181 (12.2) | 0.01 (-0.13, 0.15) |
| 1–6 mo. & 7–12 mo. | 104 (6.0) | 0.13 (-0.06, 0.32) | 76 (5.1) | -0.25 (-0.46, -0.04) |
| 1–6 mo. & 15–24 mo. | 72 (4.1) | 0.01 (-0.21, 0.23) | 52 (3.5) | -0.18 (-0.43, 0.07) |
| 7–12 mo. & 15–24 mo. | 114 (6.6) | -0.10 (-0.28, 0.08) | 106 (7.1) | -0.20 (-0.39, -0.02) |
| All three periods | 43 (2.5) | -0.45 (-0.73, -0.17) | 35 (2.4) | -0.59 (-0.89, -0.29) |
| Any EAEC diarrhea | 846 (48.7) | 0.05 (-0.05, 0.14) | 640 (43.0) | 0.07 (-0.02, 0.18) |
*At least 50% of surveillance stools in the period were positive for EAEC.
†Adjusted for site, anthropometric measurement at enrollment, sex, WAMI, age at stopping exclusive breastfeeding, percent surveillance stools positive for Campylobacter in the first 2 years of life.
All LAZ estimates exclude Pakistan