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Table 2 Association of diarrheal etiology with acute and chronic malnutrition

From: Etiology of diarrheal hospitalizations following rotavirus vaccine implementation and association of enteric pathogens with malnutrition among under-five children in India

 

Acute malnutrition (Population AF) %

No acute malnutrition (Population AF)

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

Chronic malnutrition (Population AF) %

No chronic malnutrition (Population AF)

Odds ratio (95% CI)

Rotavirus

10.0

13.8

0.42 (0.14, 1.31)

13.2

12.4

1.14 (0.60, 2.18)

Shigella

16.9

12.6

1.29 (0.37, 4.51)

10.2

14.1

1.17 (0.48, 2.81)

Adenovirus 40/41

19.8

15.7

0.58 (0.13, 2.65)

12.6

20.3

0.59 (0.22, 1.59)

Norovirus

4.2

4.6

0.2 (0.02, 2.74)

4.1

4.5

0.96 (0.19, 4.89)

Sapovirus

5.1

5.1

0.7 (0.05, 10.81)

5.1

4.5

1.71 (0.28, 10.51)

Astrovirus

4.4

3.4

1.4 (0.14, 14.42)

3.9

3.1

1.19 (0.24, 5.90)

Cryptosporidium

1.5

3.3

0.2 (0.01, 7.21)

3.1

2.4

1.89 (0.32, 11.17)

ETEC

3.0

3.8

0.41 (0.03, 6.39)

2.9

4.1

0.39 (0.06, 2.55)

Bacterial etiology

22.1

21.5

0.66 (0.26, 1.72)

17.4

23.2

0.90 (0.48, 1.69)

Viral etiology

43.4

42.6

0.48 (0.21, 1.11)

38.7

44.9

0.98 (0.60, 1.62)

Protozoal etiology

1.6

3.5

0.17 (0.01, 5.22)

3.2

2.8

1.49 (0.27, 8.18)

No pathogens attributed

41.6

43.9

1.88 (0.75, 4.67)

49.1

41.0

1.08 (0.63, 1.85)

  1. ETEC   enterotoxigenic E coli
  2. Odds ratios were estimated by fitting a logistic regression with an outcome of nutritional status and proportion attributed to each etiology and etiology category as predictors, adjusted for age, gender and sentinel site