Early child health in an informal settlement in the Peruvian Amazon

Table 3 The incidence of illnesses between SC and LU communities

	Incidence Rate Ratio^a (LU v SC)	p-value	Incidence Rate Ratio^b (LU v SC)	p-value	Incidence Rate SC^c (episodes/year)	Incidence Rate LU^c (episodes/year)
Vivax malaria	2.26	<0.001	2.14	<0.001	0.17	0.37
Fever (non-specific)	1.11	0.004	1.12	0.003	10.4	11.7
Coughing (non-specific)	1.00	0.980	1.00	0.942	10.3	10.3
Ascaris (detected in any stool sample)	0.79	0.047	0.70	0.003	1.5	0.91
Trichuris (detected in any stool sample)	0.73	0.112	0.59	0.013	0.47	0.01
Dysentery (blood in stool by field workers report)	1.87	<0.001	1.90	<0.001	3.14	5.99
shigellosis	1.42	0.018	1.28	0.107	0.49	0.62
Campylobacteriosis	1.62	0.001	1.60	0.001	0.69	1.13
Giardiasis	1.60	<0.001	1.59	<0.001	1.46	2.48
All cause diarrhea	1.35	<0.001	1.33	<0.001	10.5	14.0

^a Based on Poisson models adjusting for child age (as linear splines of age, age > 18 months, and age > 36 months)
^b Based on Poisson models adjusting for child age, season, per-capita income, and mother’s education
^c Incident rate is based on the estimated incidence at 18 months of age

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