Table 2 Crude odds ratio (OR), age-adjusted OR (aOR) on associations between detected pathogens and diarrhoea, sorted by number of cases
Pathogena | Cases (n = 443) | Controls (n = 239) | Negative PCR-result | Crude OR | aOR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Escherichia coli LT/ST (ETEC) | 247 (55.8) | 144 (60.3) | 291 | 0.8 (0.6–1.2) | 0.9 (0.6–1.2) |
Giardia lamblia | 228 (51.5) | 125 (52.3) | 329 | 0.9 (0.7–1.3) | 1.0 (0.7–1.3) |
Shigella spp. | 185 (41.8) | 76 (32.6) | 421 | 1.5 (1.1–2.2) | 1.7 (1.2–2.4) |
Campylobacter spp. | 153 (34.5) | 78 (32.6) | 451 | 1.1 (0.8–1.5) | 1.1 (0.8–1.6) |
Rotavirus | 64 (14.5) | 5 (2.1) | 613 | 7.9 (3.1–25.5) | 7.2 (2.9–18.1) |
Escherichia coli O157 | 59 (13.3) | 37 (15.5) | 586 | 0.7 (0.5–1.2) | 0.8 (0.5–1.2) |
Norovirus | 55 (12.4) | 11 (4.5) | 616 | 2.9 (1.5–6.3) | 2.7 (1.4–5.3) |
Salmonella spp. | 53 (12.0) | 37 (15.5) | 592 | 0.8 (0.5–1.3) | 0.8 (0.5–1.3) |
Cryptosporidium spp. | 33 (7.5) | 12 (5.0) | 637 | 1.5 (0.7–3.3) | 1.4 (0.7–2.9) |
Adenovirus (41/41) | 17 (3.8) | 14 (5.9) | 651 | 0.6 (0.3–1.4) | 0.6 (0.3–1.3) |
Escherichia coli STEC | 9 (3.7) | 12 (2.7) | 661 | 0.7 (0.3–1.9) | 0.7 (0.3–1.8) |
Clostridium diffcile toxin A,B | 2 (0.5) | 2 (0.8) | 678 | - | - |
Entamoaba histolytica | 1 (0.2) | 2 (0.8) | 679 | - | - |