Table 5 Incidence of infectious disease, febrile episodes and dermatitis during the intervention period

Diarrhoea^a

42

25

49

0.689

(0.106)

0.385

(0.077)

0.778

(0.113)

0.559

(0.326–0.938)

0.014

1.129

(0.745–1.777)

0.750

Upper tract

146

168

132

2.393

(0.212)

2.585

(0.206)

2.096

(0.188)

1.080

(0.829–1.309)

0.673

0.876

(0.663–1.076)

0.223

Lower tract

34

49

44

0.557

(0.101)

0.754

(0.108)

0.700

(0.107)

1.354

(0.814–2.054)

0.190

1.257

(0.756–1.953)

0.293

Conjunctivitis

11

4

8

0.180

(0.054)

0.062

(0.031)

0.127

(0.045)

0.344

(0.080–1.170)

0.071

0.705

(0.246–1.922)

0.473

Otitis

11

11

18

0.180

(0.054)

0.169

(0.051)

0.286

(0.067)

0.939

(0.369–2.387)

0.883

1.589

(0.709–3.712)

0.218

Urine Infection

2

2

1

0.033

(0.023)

0.031

(0.022)

0.016

(0.016)

0.940

(0.069–13.149)

0.958

0.485

(0.008–9.300)

0.540

Fever

32

28

27

0.525

(0.096)

0.431

(0.081)

0.429

(0.084)

0.821

(0.461–1.362)

0.193

0.817

(0.463–1.383)

0.172

Dermatitis

7

2

7

0.115

(0.043)

0.031

(0.022)

0.111

(0.042)

0.270

(0.028–1.430)

0.105

0.965

(0.290–3.235)

0.947