Table 3.
Distribution of social demography of children with DEC detection among case and control under five children in Kano.
| Case children (N = 165) | Control children (N = 18) | Total (N = 183) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Pathotype variables |
EAEC n = 79 |
EPEC n = 13 |
ETEC n = 39 |
Hybrid n = 34 |
EAEC n = 11 |
EPEC n = 2 |
ETEC n = 4 |
Hybrid n = 1 |
Totald n = 165 |
Totaln n = 18 |
| Female | 29 (42.0) | 5 (7.2) | 23 (33.3) | 12 (17.4) | 3 (42.9) | 1 (14.3) | 2 (28.6) | 1 (14.3) | 69 (41.8) | 7 (38.9) |
| Male | 50 (52.1) | 8 (8.3) | 16 (16.7) | 22 (22.9) | 8 (72.7) | 1 (9.1) | 2 (18.2) | 0 (0.0) | 96 (58.2) | 11 (61.1) |
| Age class | ||||||||||
| 0–12 months | 44 (59.5) | 9 (12.2) | 13 (17.6) | 8 (10.8)* | 6 (75.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (12.5) | 1 (12.5) | 74 (44.8) | 8 (44.4)# |
| 13–24 months | 20 (33.3) | 1 (1.7) | 21 (35.0) | 8 (13.3) | 1 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | 60 (36.4) | 2 (11.1) |
| >24 months | 15 (48.4) | 3 (9.7) | 5 (16.1) | 18 (58.1) | 4 (50.0) | 2 (25.0) | 2 (25.0) | 0 (0.0) | 31 (18.8) | 8 (44.4) |
| Feeding | ||||||||||
| Artificial | 24 (36.9) | 3 (4.6) | 19 (29.2) | 19 (29.2) | 4 (50.0) | 2 (25.0) | 2 (25.0) | 0 (0.0) | 65 (39.4) | 8 (44.4) |
| Breast only | 10 (52.6) | 3 (15.8) | 3 (15.8) | 3 (15.8) | 1 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (50.0) | 19 (11.5) | 2 (11.1) |
| Mixed | 45 (55.6) | 7 (8.6) | 17 (21.0) | 12 (14.8) | 6 (75.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (25.0) | 0 (0.0) | 81 (49.1) | 8 (44.4) |
DEC, Diarrheagenic E. coli; N, Total Number; n, Number obtained; (%), Percentage calculated based on total for each variable; EPEC, Enteropathogenic E. coli; EAEC, Enteroaggregative E. coli Enterotoxigenic E. coli; Totald, Total Case; Totaln, Total Control;
*
P < 0.05 within individual group;
#
P < 0.05 between group: numbers in bold indicate higher prevalence.