TABLE 2.

Characteristics of children <5 years of age hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in six hospitals in three cities in India, 2017–2019.

Variable	Norovirus positive	Norovirus negative	p Value
	(N = 322)	(N = 1860)
Male	186 (57.8%)	1105 (59.4%)	0.58
Female	136 (42.2%)	755 (40.6%)	0.59
Age, mean months ± SD	14.9 ± 10.6	16.2 ± 12.9	0.09
Age group distribution
≤1 years (0–12 months)	180 (55.9%)	978 (52.6%)	0.27
>1 years to ≤2 years (13–24 months)	103 (32%)	507 (27.3%)	0.08
>2 years to ≤5 years (25–60 months)	39 (12.1%)	375 (20.2%)	<0.05
Duration of illness, mean ± SD	4.1 ± 3.7	4.3 ± 3.6	0.36
Fever	151 (46.9%)	846 (45.5%)	0.64
Vomiting	243 (75.5%)	1407 (75.6%)	0.94
Dehydration
No dehydration	167 (51.9%)	860 (46.2%)	0.06
Some dehydration	134 (41.6%)	822 (44.2%)	0.39
Severe dehydration	21 (6.5%)	178 (9.6%)	0.08
Treatment
Oral	95 (29.5%)	454 (24.4%)	0.05
IV fluids	155 (48.1%)	1036 (55.7%)	<0.05
Oral and IV fluids	72 (22.4%)	370 (19.9%)	0.31