Table 1.
Characteristics of 130 Bangladeshi children participating in a cluster-randomized automated water chlorination trial at the time of stool sample collection.
| Control | Treatment | |
|---|---|---|
|
| ||
| n=64 (%) | n=66 (%) | |
| Female | 40 (63) | 37 (57) |
| Age | ||
| 6–14 months | 13 (20) | 14 (21) |
| 15–30 months | 25 (41) | 26 (39) |
| 31–61 months | 26 (41) | 26 (39) |
| Study site | ||
| Dhaka Uddan | 28 (44) | 28 (42) |
| Tongi | 36 (56) | 38 (58) |
| Currently receiving any human milka,b | 32 (50) | 29 (45) |
| Experienced fever in past seven daysa | 15 (23) | 9 (14) |
| Experienced diarrhea in past seven daysa | 3 (5) | 3 (5) |
| Received antibiotics in past two monthsa | 25 (36) | 23 (35) |
| Months enrolled in trial (mean, SD) | 11.5 (3.0) | 10.8 (3.1) |
a
Caregiver reported at time of stool collection.
b
Exclusive breastfeeding was rare at the time of stool sample collection; no children in the control group and only one child in the treatment group (age 14 months) was exclusively breastfed.