Appendix 1—table 5. Balance of characteristics measured at 12-month visits between children with repeat observations at baseline and 12-month and children with observations at the 12-month phase only.
| All Children | Control | Intervention | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BL and 12M* | 12M only† | Std. Diff.‡ | BL and 12M | 12M only | Std. Diff. | BL and 12M | 12M only | Std. Diff. | Std. Diff. Control v. Interv.§ | |
| Child sex, female | 319/614 (52%) | 156/313 (50%) | 0.04 | 169/312 (54%) | 73/155 (47%) | 0.14 | 150/302 (50%) | 83/158 (53%) | 0.06 | 0.11 |
| Child breastfed | 27/562 (4.8%) | 161/305 (53%) | 1.25 | 13/280 (4.6%) | 76/151 (50%) | 1.19 | 14/282 (5%) | 85/154 (55%) | 1.31 | 0.10 |
| Child exclusively breastfed | 3/562 (0.53%) | 38/305 (12%) | 0.50 | 2/280 (0.71%) | 16/151 (11%) | 0.44 | 1/282 (0.35%) | 22/154 (14%) | 0.56 | 0.11 |
| Caregiver completed primary school | 305/614 (50%) | 144/309 (47%) | 0.06 | 156/312 (50%) | 62/153 (41%) | 0.19 | 149/302 (49%) | 82/156 (53%) | 0.06 | 0.24 |
| Child wears diapers | 83/563 (15%) | 194/305 (64%) | 1.16 | 40/281 (14%) | 92/151 (61%) | 1.10 | 43/282 (15%) | 102/154 (66%) | 1.21 | 0.11 |
| Respondent is child's mother | 365/563 (65%) | 236/305 (77%) | 0.28 | 188/281 (67%) | 121/151 (80%) | 0.30 | 177/282 (63%) | 115/154 (75%) | 0.26 | 0.13 |
| Household floors covered | 584/615 (95%) | 305/321 (95%) | 0.00 | 299/313 (96%) | 155/163 (95%) | 0.02 | 285/302 (94%) | 150/158 (95%) | 0.03 | 0.01 |
| Household walls made of sturdy material | 398/615 (65%) | 189/321 (59%) | 0.12 | 212/313 (68%) | 101/163 (62%) | 0.12 | 186/302 (62%) | 88/158 (56%) | 0.12 | 0.13 |
| Household crowding,≥3 persons/room | 210/615 (34%) | 106/321 (33%) | 0.02 | 111/313 (35%) | 54/163 (33%) | 0.05 | 99/302 (33%) | 52/158 (33%) | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Compound electricity normally functions | 575/615 (94%) | 304/324 (94%) | 0.01 | 286/313 (91%) | 152/164 (93%) | 0.05 | 289/302 (96%) | 152/160 (95%) | 0.03 | 0.10 |
| Any animal observed | 505/611 (83%) | 275/324 (85%) | 0.06 | 235/309 (76%) | 131/164 (80%) | 0.09 | 270/302 (89%) | 144/160 (90%) | 0.02 | 0.29 |
| Dog observed | 134/611 (22%) | 81/324 (25%) | 0.07 | 57/309 (18%) | 37/164 (23%) | 0.10 | 77/302 (26%) | 44/160 (28%) | 0.05 | 0.11 |
| Chicken or duck observed | 77/611 (13%) | 42/324 (13%) | 0.01 | 34/309 (11%) | 18/164 (11%) | 0.00 | 43/302 (14%) | 24/160 (15%) | 0.02 | 0.12 |
| Cat observed | 469/611 (77%) | 249/324 (77%) | 0.00 | 218/309 (71%) | 118/164 (72%) | 0.03 | 251/302 (83%) | 131/160 (82%) | 0.03 | 0.24 |
| Compound floods during rain | 220/615 (36%) | 119/324 (37%) | 0.02 | 132/313 (42%) | 64/164 (39%) | 0.06 | 88/302 (29%) | 55/160 (34%) | 0.11 | 0.10 |
| Child age at survey, days | 1114 (415) | 622 (502) | 1.07 | 1105 (413) | 684 (535) | 0.88 | 1122 (417) | 560 (461) | 1.28 | 0.25 |
| Child age at sampling, days | 1102 (417) | 605 (484) | 1.10 | 1080 (414) | 649 (516) | 0.92 | 1122 (420) | 563 (450) | 1.29 | 0.18 |
| Number of household members | 6.5 (3.2) | 6.3 (3.3) | 0.06 | 6.2 (3) | 6.4 (3.5) | 0.05 | 6.8 (3.3) | 6.2 (3.2) | 0.17 | 0.05 |
| Household wealth score, 0–1 | 0.4 (0.11) | 0.39 (0.11) | 0.02 | 0.4 (0.11) | 0.39 (0.11) | 0.12 | 0.39 (0.1) | 0.4 (0.1) | 0.10 | 0.11 |
| Number of households in compound | 5.2 (4.7) | 5.4 (5.5) | 0.04 | 4.2 (2.9) | 4 (2.3) | 0.09 | 6.3 (5.9) | 6.9 (7.3) | 0.09 | 0.53 |
| Compound population | 23 (22) | 24 (26) | 0.04 | 18 (9.7) | 18 (8.7) | 0.05 | 28 (29) | 30 (35) | 0.07 | 0.50 |
| Compound population density | 0.086 (0.049) | 0.084 (0.051) | 0.04 | 0.08 (0.043) | 0.078 (0.044) | 0.05 | 0.091 (0.054) | 0.089 (0.058) | 0.03 | 0.22 |
Results are presented as prevalence (n/N (%)) or mean (standard deviation) at 12-month visit.
*Prevalence (or mean (SD)) for children with repeated observations at baseline and 12-month visits.
†Prevalence (or mean (SD)) for children with observations at the 12-month visit only.
‡Standardized mean difference between observations of children with and without repeated measures at baseline and 12-month visits.
§Standardized mean difference between observations from control and intervention children measured at 12-month visit only.