Table 3.

Association between enteric carriage and child growth outcomes in a remote Indigenous community

	Height for age z score
	Univariable		Multivariablea
Pathogen infection	Coeff (95% CI)	P value	Coeff (95% CI)	P value
Bacterial infection	− 1.26 (−2.90 to 0.39)	0.13	− 1.61 (−3.36 to 0.12)	0.07
Viral infection	0.07 (−1.09 to 1.25)	0.89	0.02(−1.28 to 1.32)	0.97
Parasite infection	−1.022 (−2.23 to 0.24)	0.11	−1.21 (−2.51 to 0.08)	0.07
Infection with one pathogen	0.56 (−0.62 to 1.74)	0.35	0.59 (−0.64 to 1.82)	0.34
Infection with two or more pathogens	−0.97 (− 2.10 to 0.26)	0.12	−1.34 (−2.61 to − 0.07)	0.04
Non-pathogen demonstrated in stool	− 1.67 (− 2.93 to − 0.41)	0.01	− 1.83 (− 3.15 to − 0.50)	0.01
Blastocystis hominis detected in stool	−1.79 (− 3.24 to − 0.35)	0.02	−2.05 (− 3.55 to − 0.54)	0.01
	Stunted
	Univariable		Multivariable
	OR (95% CI)	P value	OR (95% CI)	P value
Bacterial infection	1.63 (0.28 to 9.41)	0.56	2.48 (0.32 to 19.36)	0.39
Viral infection	3.72 (0.95 to 14.56)	0.06	2.78 (0.60 to 12.92)	0.19
Parasite infection	1.07 (0.25 to 4.64)	0.93	1.02 (0.21 to 5.24)	0.98
Infection with one pathogen	3.17 (0.83 to 12.07)	0.09	3.16 (0.72 to 13.76)	0.13
Infection with two or more pathogens	1.36 (0.31 to 6.02)	0.68	1.11 (0.22 to 5.63)	0.90
Non-pathogen demonstrated in stool	2.34 (0.57 to 9.56)	0.23	3.92 (0.71 to 21.62)	0.12

^a Adjusted for wealth index, presence of dogs in house, handwashing frequency and maternal body mass index, and number of rooms in house