Table 1 Characteristics of the cohort children during a 28-month longitudinal community study of Campylobacter infection, Moramanga, 2010-2012
From: Campylobacter infection in a cohort of rural children in Moramanga, Madagascar
Characteristics | N | (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Demographic data n = 508 | |||
Sex | Male | 249 | (49.0) |
Female | 259 | (51.0) | |
Age group (months) | < 6 | 295 | (58.1) |
6-11 | 74 | (14.5) | |
12-17 | 64 | (12.6) | |
18-23 | 75 | (14.7) | |
Nutritional status data n = 506 | |||
Stunting | Yes | 151 | (29.8) |
No | 355 | (70.2) | |
Underweight | Yes | 46 | (9.1) |
No | 460 | (81.9) | |
Wasting | Yes | 5 | (0.9) |
No | 501 | (99.1) | |
Households data n = 439 | |||
Number of persons/room (mean ± SD) 3.7 (±1.7) | |||
Floor | Concrete | 271 | (67.1) |
Mud | 168 | (32.9) | |
Cooking area | Yes | 411 | (80.9) |
No | 28 | (19.1) | |
Shower area | Yes | 50 | (11.4) |
No | 389 | (88.6) | |
Latrin | Yes | 281 | (64.0) |
No | 158 | (36.0) | |
Domestic animals | Yes | 134 | (30.5) |
No | 305 | (69.5) | |
Livestock # | Yes | 109 | (24.8) |
No | 330 | (75.2) | |
Fowl§ | Yes | 279 | (63.5) |
No | 160 | (36.5) | |
Goods£ | Yes | 434 | (98.8) |
No | 5 | (1.2) | |
Source of drinking water | Tubewell, borehole | 201 | (45.8) |
Surface waters | 239 | (54.2) | |
Water drinking storage | Protected | 139 | (31.6) |
Unprotected | 300 | (68.4) | |
Garbage in the concession | Yes | 222 | (50.6) |
No | 217 | (49.4) | |
Data about mother n = 416 | |||
Age (years) (mean ± SD) 28.3 (±9) | |||
Maternal education | Primary | 294 | (70.7) |
Secondary | 91 | (21.9) | |
Superior | 4 | (0.9) | |
No education | 27 | (6.5) | |