Table 2.
Pathogens isolated in the stools of 276 children. Results expressed as number of pathogens (and percentage) unless stated otherwise. (NB. As some stool samples yielded more than one pathogen, the total number of pathogens reported sometimes exceeds the number of participants)
| Univariate Analysis | Multivariate Analysis | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unmatched analysisa | Age-matched analysisb | Unmatched analysisa | Age-matched analysisb | |||||||
| Cases n = 203 |
Controls n = 73 |
aOR (95 ci) |
P | aOR (95 ci) |
P | aOR (95% ci) |
P | aOR (95% ci) |
P | |
| Viruses | 119 (58.6) | 6 (8.2) | 15.8 (6.5, 38.1) | < 0.001 | 14.3 (5.8, 35.4) | < 0.001 | 18.6 (7.6, 45.6) | < 0.001 | 16.7 (6.7, 43.0) | < 0.001 |
| Bacteria | 84 (41.4) | 17 (23.3) | 2.3 (1.2, 4.2) | 0.009 | 1.8 (0.9, 3.5) | 0.05 | 2.1 (1.0, 4.2) | 0.03 | 1.8 (0.84, 3.9) | 0.1 |
| Parasites | 32 (15.8) | 2 (2.8) | 5.9 (1.3, 25.8) | 0.02 | 10.1 (1.3, 77.7) | 0.03 | 12.15 (2.7, 54.0) | 0.01 | 20.34 (2.5, 166.9) | 0.005 |
a Penalized maximum likelihood logistic regression model, with correction for age; b Conditional age-matched (6-months blocks) exact logistic regression model; aOR adjusted odds ratio; ci confidence intervals