Table 2 Comparison between the basic demographic and anthropometric characteristics of the study participants who were divided into 4 different groups depending on the outcome of RDT testing for the presence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia parasites. A significant difference in distribution was only found for the variables: attending health centre and age in months
Variables | Negative for Cryptosporidium and Giardia n = 716 | Only infection with Cryptosporidium n = 72 | Only infection with Giardia n = 168 | Coinfection n = 16 | p value a, b |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Attending health centre (n, %) | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.001 |
 - Limbe  - Ndirande | 253 (35.3) 463 (64.7) | 18 (25.0) 54 (75.0) | 39 (23.2) 129 (76.8) | 1 (6.3) 15 (93.8) |  |
Gender (n, %) | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.957 |
 - Female  - Male | 355 (49.6) 361 (50.4) | 35 (48.6) 37 (51.4) | 85 (50.6) 83 (49.4) | 7 (43.8) 9 (56.3) |  |
Temperature in degrees Celsius (mean, SD) | 36.5 (0.8) | 36.6 (1.) | 36.6 (0.8) | 36.2 (0.7) | 0.322 |
Age in months (median, IQR) | 14.0 (15.0) | 13.0 (12.8) | 26.0 (18.5) | 24.0 (10.5) | < 0.001 |
Stunting (n, %) | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.619 |
 - No stunting  - Moderate stunting  - Severe stunting | 524 (73.7) 120 (16.9) 67 (9.4) | 48 (69.6) 15 (21.7) 6 (8.7) | 121 (72.0) 36 (21.4) 11 (6.5) | 11 (68.8) 4 (25.0) 1 (6.3) |  |
Wasting (n, %) | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.591 |
 - No wasting  - Moderate wasting  - Severe wasting | 645 (90.5) 59 (8.3) 9 (1.3) | 64 (90.1) 7 (9.9) | 151 (89.9) 14 (8.3) 3 (1.8) | 14 (87.5) 1 (6.3) 1 (6.3) |  |