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Table 3. Comparisons between mean log₁₀ MPN E. coli concentrations in environmental samples from low-income, high-income, and floating neighborhoods in Dhaka city, 2017.

Neighborhoods	Latrine surface swab^b	Soil^d	Drain water^a	Bathing water^a	Municipal drinking water^a	Non-municipal water^a	Surface water^a	Produce^c	Street food^d	Floodwater ^a
	Mean log₁₀ MPN E.coliconcentration (SD)
Low-income^* (N = 40)	0.22 (0.72)	2.55 (1.34)	7.11 (0.86)	1.92 (1.32)	1.55 (1.73)	0.81 (1.19)	6.21 (1.01)	3.10 (1.13)	1.62 (1.11)	4.86 (0.88)
High-income^† (N = 40)	0.07 (0.63)	1.63 (1.16)	6.95 (0.84)	0.94 (1.23)	1.07 (1.41)	0.18 (0.60)	4.29 (1.01)	3.15 (1.37)	1.91 (1.21)	4.38 (0.98)
Floating^‡ (N = 20)	0.42 (0.91)	3.09 (0.79)	6.46 (1.11)	0.99 (1.24)	0.64 (1.30)	0.26 (0.73)	5.40 (1.32)	3.45 (1.49)	1.92 (1.28)	4.51 (1.28)
Mean log₁₀ MPN E. coli concentration differences between neighborhoods (95% CI)
Low-income vs. high-income	0.15 (-0.17, 0.48)	0.91 (0.39, 1.43)^§	0.16 (-0.25, 0.56)	0.98 (0.41, 1.54)^§	0.48 (-0.20, 1.16)	0.64 (0.24, 1.04)^§	1.92 (1.44,2.40)^§	-0.04 (-0.65, 0.56)	-0.29 (-0.81, 0.24)	0.48 (0.03, 0.92)^§
Low-income vs. floating	-0.19 (-0.59, 0.20)	-0.54 (-1.18, 0.95)	0.65 (0.15, 1.14)^§	0.94 (0.25, 1.63)^§	0.91 (0.07, 1.73)^§	0.55 (0.06, 1.04)^§	0.81 (0.22,0 .40)^§	-0.35 (-1.09, 0.40)	-0.29 (-0.94, 0.34)	0.35 (-0.20, 0.89)
Floating vs. high-income	0.35 (-0.05, 0.75)	1.46 (0.82, 2.10)^§	-0.49 (-0.98, -0.00)	0.03 (-0.65,0.72)	-0.43 (-1.26, 0.40)	0.08 (- 0.41, 0.57)	1.10 (0.52, 1.69)^§	0.30 (-0.44, 1.04)	0.01 (-0.64, 0.65)	0.13 (-0.42, 0.67)

*Low-income neighborhoods: Kalshi, Shampur, Badda, and Hazaribagh

^†High-income neighborhoods: Gulshan, Dhanmondi, Motijhil, and Uttarkhan

^‡Floating neighborhoods: Gabtoli and Kamalapur neighborhoods

^§ mean differences were significantly different between the two comparison groups

^aAll water samples including drains were reported as MPN of E.coli/100 mL

^bLatrine swabs were reported as MPN of E. coli/swab

^cProduce were reported as MPN of E. coli/single serving

^dStreet food samples were reported as MPN of E. coli/gram.

Table 3. Comparisons between mean log10 MPN E. coli concentrations in environmental samples from low-income, high-income, and floating neighborhoods in Dhaka city, 2017.