Risk factors for acute diarrhoea in children between 0 and 23 months of age in a peri-urban district of Pakistan: a matched case-control study.

This study identifies risk factors associated with diarrhoea in children <23 months of age, including younger maternal age, higher paternal education, not breastfeeding and poverty, which has implications for developing preventive programs and strategies that target populations with a higher risk of diarrhoea.