Appendix 1—table 6. Balance of characteristics measured at 24-month visits between children with repeat observations at baseline and 24-month and children with observations at the 24-month phase only.
| All Children | Control | Intervention | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BL and 24M* | 24M only† | Std. Diff.† | BL and 24M | 24M only | Std. Diff. | BL and 24M | 24M only | Std. Diff. | Std. Diff. Control v. Interv.§ | |
| Child sex, female | 260/503 (52%) | 190/428 (44%) | 0.15 | 124/241 (51%) | 96/222 (43%) | 0.16 | 136/262 (52%) | 94/206 (46%) | 0.13 | 0.05 |
| Child breastfed | 0/418 (0.0%) | 129/381 (34%) | 1.01 | 0/195 (0.0%) | 68/194 (35%) | 1.04 | 0/223 (0.0%) | 61/187 (33%) | 0.98 | 0.05 |
| Child exclusively breastfed | 0/418 (0.0%) | 36/381 (9.4%) | 0.46 | 0/195 (0.0%) | 16/194 (8.3%) | 0.42 | 0/223 (0.0%) | 20/187 (11%) | 0.49 | 0.08 |
| Caregiver completed primary school | 199/507 (39%) | 164/427 (38%) | 0.02 | 88/245 (36%) | 82/221 (37%) | 0.02 | 111/262 (42%) | 82/206 (40%) | 0.05 | 0.06 |
| Child wears diapers | 3/419 (0.72%) | 196/381 (51%) | 1.42 | 1/196 (0.51%) | 101/194 (52%) | 1.44 | 2/223 (0.9%) | 95/187 (51%) | 1.39 | 0.03 |
| Respondent is child's mother | 259/419 (62%) | 298/381 (78%) | 0.36 | 129/196 (66%) | 161/194 (83%) | 0.40 | 130/223 (58%) | 137/187 (73%) | 0.32 | 0.24 |
| Household floors covered | 484/507 (95%) | 459/467 (98%) | 0.16 | 237/245 (97%) | 234/239 (98%) | 0.07 | 247/262 (94%) | 225/228 (99%) | 0.24 | 0.06 |
| Household walls made of sturdy material | 352/507 (69%) | 296/467 (63%) | 0.13 | 180/245 (73%) | 157/239 (66%) | 0.17 | 172/262 (66%) | 139/228 (61%) | 0.10 | 0.10 |
| Household crowding,≥3 persons/room | 137/507 (27%) | 108/467 (23%) | 0.09 | 74/245 (30%) | 66/239 (28%) | 0.06 | 63/262 (24%) | 42/228 (18%) | 0.14 | 0.22 |
| Compound electricity normally functions | 485/507 (96%) | 472/494 (96%) | 0.01 | 230/245 (94%) | 237/254 (93%) | 0.02 | 255/262 (97%) | 235/240 (98%) | 0.04 | 0.23 |
| Any animal observed | 384/507 (76%) | 359/494 (73%) | 0.07 | 162/245 (66%) | 182/254 (72%) | 0.12 | 222/262 (85%) | 177/240 (74%) | 0.27 | 0.05 |
| Dog observed | 70/507 (14%) | 78/494 (16%) | 0.06 | 30/245 (12%) | 40/254 (16%) | 0.10 | 40/262 (15%) | 38/240 (16%) | 0.02 | 0.00 |
| Chicken or duck observed | 63/507 (12%) | 52/494 (11%) | 0.06 | 22/245 (9%) | 32/254 (13%) | 0.12 | 41/262 (16%) | 20/240 (8.3%) | 0.23 | 0.14 |
| Cat observed | 360/507 (71%) | 340/494 (69%) | 0.05 | 154/245 (63%) | 174/254 (69%) | 0.12 | 206/262 (79%) | 166/240 (69%) | 0.22 | 0.01 |
| Compound floods during rain | 182/507 (36%) | 184/494 (37%) | 0.03 | 89/245 (36%) | 107/254 (42%) | 0.12 | 93/262 (36%) | 77/240 (32%) | 0.07 | 0.21 |
| Child age at survey, days | 1518 (407) | 740 (518) | 1.67 | 1520 (406) | 749 (541) | 1.61 | 1516 (408) | 731 (494) | 1.73 | 0.04 |
| Child age at sampling, days | 1510 (415) | 694 (478) | 1.82 | 1505 (408) | 716 (512) | 1.70 | 1516 (422) | 672 (439) | 1.96 | 0.09 |
| Number of household members | 6.6 (3.1) | 6.3 (3.4) | 0.10 | 6.5 (3) | 6.6 (3.8) | 0.04 | 6.7 (3.1) | 6 (2.8) | 0.26 | 0.20 |
| Household wealth score, 0–1 | 0.41 (0.11) | 0.41 (0.11) | 0.01 | 0.41 (0.12) | 0.4 (0.11) | 0.11 | 0.41 (0.1) | 0.42 (0.097) | 0.15 | 0.19 |
| Number of households in compound | 5.3 (4.9) | 5.5 (5.5) | 0.04 | 4.3 (2.8) | 4.4 (3.2) | 0.03 | 6.2 (6.1) | 6.6 (6.9) | 0.06 | 0.41 |
| Compound population | 21 (15) | 21 (16) | 0.04 | 18 (9.5) | 17 (8.9) | 0.07 | 25 (19) | 25 (21) | 0.00 | 0.47 |
| Compound population density | 0.08 (0.047) | 0.08 (0.047) | 0.01 | 0.074 (0.037) | 0.075 (0.042) | 0.03 | 0.087 (0.053) | 0.085 (0.052) | 0.03 | 0.22 |
Results are presented as prevalence (n/N (%)) or mean (standard deviation) at 24-month visit.
* Prevalence (or mean (SD)) for children with repeated observations at baseline and 24-month visits.
†Prevalence (or mean (SD)) for children with observations at the 24-month visit only.
‡Standardized mean difference between observations of children with and without repeated measures at baseline and 24-month visits.
§Standardized mean difference between observations from control and intervention children measured at 24-month visit only.