Table 1.
Prevalence of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) and EAEC subtypes among diarrheal and non-diarrheal cases from Bolivian children less than five years of age included in the study. t-EAEC: typical EAEC, a-EAEC: atypical EAEC.
| EAEC Subtype | Diarrheal Cases | Non-Diarrheal Cases | Total | OD Ratio (95% CI) | p-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 3943) | (n = 1026) | ||||||
| n | (%) | n | (%) | ||||
| EAEC | 440 | (11.2) | 74 | (7.2) | 514 | 1.62 (1.25–2.09) | 0.0001 |
| a-EAEC | 254 | (6.4) | 37 | (3.6) | 291 | 1.84 (1.31–2.61) | 0.0004 |
| t-EAEC | 186 | (4.7) | 37 | (3.6) | 223 | 1.32 (0.92–1.90) | 0.1497 |