Table 4.
Overall distribution of C. jejuni and C. coli with child growth from the Dzimauli community of the Limpopo Province of South from 2009 to 2012
| Anthropometric characteristics |
C. jejuni Positive |
Total | χ2 | P-Value | C. coli Positive | Total | χ2 | P-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | 106 (11.8%) | 898 | 4.190 | 0.041 | 13 (1.4%) | 898 | 0.000 | 0.995 |
| Female | 126 (15.1%) | 832 | 12 (1.4%) | 832 | |||||
| stunted | Not stunted | 164 (13.3%) | 1235 | 0.061 | 0.801 | 15 (1.2%) | 1235 | 1.610 | 0.204 |
| Stunted | 68 (13.7%) | 495 | 10 (2.0%) | 495 | |||||
| Underweight | Not underweight | 210 (13.2%) | 1585 | 0.423 | 0.515 | 23 (1.5%) | 1585 | 0.005 | 0.945 |
| Underweight | 22 (15.2%) | 145 | 2 (1.4%) | 145 | |||||
| Wasted | Not wasted | 225 (13.6%) | 1655 | 1.122 | 0.259 | 25(1.5%) | 1655 | 1.150 | 0.284 |
| Wasted | 7 (9.3%) | 75 | 0 (0.0%) | 75 | |||||
| Diarrhea | No diarrhea | 209 (12.6%) | 1658 | 22.224 | 0.000 | 15 (0.9%) | 1658 | 81.682 | 0.000 |
| Diarrhea | 23 (31.9%) | 72 | 10 (13.9) | 72 | |||||
| Total | 232 (13.4%) | 25(1.4%) | |||||||