After adjusting for variables such as gender of the participant, exclusive breastfeeding, LAZ at enrollment, maternal age, maternal height, WAMI, more than two people living per room, mother having more than three living children, household ownership of chicken or cattle, plasma AGP level at 24 months, plasma zinc level at 24 months, and presence of other malnutrition associated co-pathogens (Campylobacter sp., ETEC, EAEC, tEPEC, Shigella sp., Cryptosporidium sp. This evidence concerns the gene ATP5MK and malnutrition.