Table 3 Association between different categories of DEC with social demographic data, nutritional status, breast feeding behavior and type of diarrhea (percentage in brackets)
EAEC (n = 41) | EPEC (n = 13) | ETEC (n = 10) | Othera (n = 216) | Total (n = 280) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age in months | |||||
0–6 | 14(27.5)b | 7(13.7)b | 2(3.9) | 28(54.9) | 51 |
7–12 | 21(15.6) | 4(3.0) | 5(3.7) | 105(77.8) | 135 |
13–24 | 4(6.0) | 2(3.0) | 1(1.5) | 60(89.6) | 67 |
25–60 | 2(7.4) | 0(0.0) | 2(7.4) | 24(82.5) | 27 |
Sex | |||||
Boys | 25(14.5) | 11(6.4) | 4(2.3) | 132(76.7) | 172 |
Girls | 16(14.8) | 2(1.9) | 6(5.6) | 84(77.8) | 108 |
Diarrhea type | |||||
Acute | 35(14.9) | 10(4.3) | 6(2.6) | 184(78.3) | 235 |
Persistent | 5(12.2) | 3(11.1) | 2(7.4) | 17(63.0) | 27 |
Dysentery | 1(2.4) | 0(0.0) | 2(11.1)c | 15(83.3) | 18 |
Exclusive BF d | |||||
Yes | 1(16.7) | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) | 5(83.3) | 6 |
No | 13(28.9) | 7(15.6) | 2(4.4) | 23(51.1) | 45 |
Nutritional status | |||||
Normal | 25(12.4) | 13(6.5)b | 4(5.1) | 159(79.1) | 201 |
Malnourished | 16(20.3) | 0(0.0) | 6(3.0) | 57(72.2) | 79 |