Table 2.

Prevalence ratios comparing children characteristics and water and hygiene practices between carriers and noncarriers of enteric bacterial pathogens

	Unadjusted PR			aPR 1*			aPR 2†
	PR	95% CI	P-value	aPR	95% CI	P-value	aPR	95% CI	P-value
Gender
Female	Ref.			Ref.			Ref.
Male	0.65	0.27–1.59	0.347	0.62	0.27–1.38	0.238	0.6	0.28–1.29	0.188
Chronic malnutrition
No	Ref.			Ref.			Ref.
Yes	0.29	0.04–2.11	0.221	0.27	0.04–1.62	0.152	0.33	0.07–1.63	0.174
Socioeconomic status
Lower	0.66	0.27–1.63	0.368	1.07	0.47–2.44	0.875	1.08	0.51–2.25	0.846
Half	Ref.			Ref.			Ref.
Upper	0.2	0.05–0.88	< 0.001	0.25	0.06–1.04	0.057	0.3	0.08–1.18	0.085
Water source
Piped at home	Ref.			–			–
Shared	8.89	4.05–19.51	< 0.001	–	–		–	–	–
Daily washing of water storage container
No	Ref.			Ref.			–
Yes	7.73	2.66–22.43	< 0.001	5.46	1.85–16.21	0.002	–	–	–
Cleaning supplies for washing
Water	Ref.			Ref.			Ref.
Water + dishwashing	0.44	0.17–1.15	0.094	0.43	0.13–1.48	0.181	0.51	0.24–1.13	0.099
Water + bleach	0.03	0.07–0.88	0.031	0.58	0.24–1.39	0.218	0.58	0.15–2.16	0.461
Boiling drinking water
No	Ref.			Ref.			Ref.
Yes	2.82	0.39–20.41	0.303	2.35	0.42–13.05	0.328	1.8	0.23–13.85	0.572
Chlorinating drinking water
No	Ref.			Ref.			Ref.
Yes	0.85	0.35–2.02	0.706	1.12	0.51–2.49	0.772	1.22	0.48–2.55	0.605
Very high-risk water
No	Ref.			Ref.			Ref.
Yes	4.71	2.05–10.80	< 0.001	3.46	1.52–7.87	0.003	2.82	1.21–6.59	0.017

aPR = adjusted prevalence ratio; PR = prevalence ratio.

* Adjusted with water source.

† Adjusted for water source and daily washing.