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. 2019 Dec 13;223(8):1433–1444. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiz664

Table 5.

Effect of Urogenital Schistosomiasis During Pregnancy on Birthweight and Postnatal Child Linear Growth

Health Outcome Egg-Positive Hematuria-Positive Egg and/or Hematuria-Positive
Unadjusted Coeff (95% CI) P Adjusted Coeffa (95% CI) P Unadjusted Coeff (95% CI) P Adjusted Coeffa (95% CI) P Unadjusted Coeff (95% CI) P Adjusted Coeffa (95% CI) P
Birthweight, g −0.05 (−.01 to .02) .060 −0.04 (−.09 to .01) .090 −0.01 (−.05 to .02) .452 0.00 (−.04 to .03) .835 −0.02 (−.05 to .02) .353 −0.01 (−.04 to .03) .741
1-month LAZ 0.12 (−.08 to .32) .254 0.12 (−.09 to .33) .250 −0.06 (−.20 to .07) .359 −0.06 (−.20 to .08) .379 −0.03 (−.17 to .10) .618 −0.03 (−.16 to .11) .709
18-month LAZ −0.07 (−.18 to .05) .263 −0.04 (−.16 to .09) .563 −0.05 (−.14 to .04) .277 −0.01 (−.10 to .08) .851 −0.05 (−.14 to .03) .239 −0.02 (−.10 to .07) .716
Unadjusted OR (95% CI) P Adjusted ORa (95% CI) P Unadjusted OR (95% CI) P Adjusted ORa (95% CI) P Unadjusted OR (95% CI) P Adjusted ORa (95% CI) P
Low birthweight 1.32 (.91–1.92) .145 1.26 (.85–1.86) .258 1.08 (.79–1.48) .613 1.00 (.72–1.38) .978 1.13 (.84–1.51) .433 1.04 (.77–1.42) .781
1-month stunted 0.72 (.45–1.14) .162 0.69 (.43–1.11) .124 0.99 (.74–1.33) .958 1.00 (.74–1.35) .990 1.00 (.75–1.32) .975 0.99 (.74–1.33) .944
18-month stunted 1.03 (.81–1.31) .794 0.97 (.75–1.25) .799 1.08 (.90–1.30) .422 1.00 (.83–1.19) .930 1.09 (.92–1.30) .303 1.02 (.86–1.21) .844

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; Coeff, coefficient; IYCF, infant and young child feeding; LAZ, length-for-age Z scores; OR, odds ratio; WASH, water, sanitation, and hygiene.

aAdjusted for maternal age, maternal HIV status, and Sanitation Hygiene Infant Nutrition Efficacy (SHINE) study arm (standard of care, IYCF, WASH, and IYCF + WASH).