Table 7.

Distribution of clinical symptoms among study participants.

Clinical symptoms	Total (N = 336)	Typhoid fever positive (N = 70)	p value	OR (95% CI)
Headaches
Yes	232 (69.04)	49 (21.12)	0.365	0.739 (0.385–1421)
No	104 (30.952)	21 (20.19)	—	1
Vomiting
Yes	189 (56.25)	35 (18.51)	0.28	1.373 (0.772–2.441)
No	147 (43.75)	35 (23.80)	—	1
Aches and pain
Yes	234 (69.64)	48 (20.51)	0.651	1.157 (0.615–2.173)
No	102 (30.35)	22 (21.56)	—	1
Fever
Yes	268 (79.76)	55 (20.52)	0.705	1.147 (0.565–2.328)
No	68 (20.23)	15 (22.05)	—	1
Shivering
Yes	281 (83.63)	59 (20.99)	0.659	0.836 (0.377–1.853)
No	55 (16.36)	11 (20)	—	1
Diarrhea
Yes	208 (61.90)	49 (23.55)	0.272	0.701 (0.371–1.322)
No	128 (38.09)	21 (16.40)	—	1
Constipation
Yes	286 (85.11)	57 (19.93)	0.264	1.566 (0.713–3.438)
No	50 (14.88)	13 (26)	—	1
Asthenia
Yes	286 (85.11)	68 (23.77)	0.233	0.366 (0.070–1.911)
No	50 (14.88)	2 (4)	—	1
Type of stool
Mucoid	167 (49.70)	36 (21.55)	0.851	1.120 (0.344–3.643)
Watery	78 (23.21)	17 (21.79)	0.876	1.104 (0.319–3.826)
Hard	74 (22.02)	13 (17.56)	0.571	1.444 (0405–5.144)
Bloody	17 (5.05)	4 (23.52)	—	1
Anorexia
Yes	303 (90.17)	51 (16.83)	≤0.001	7.703 (3.507–16.919)
No	33 (9.82)	19 (57.57)	—	1
Abdominal pain
Yes	324 (96.42)	67 (20.67)	0.823	1.186 (0.265–5.302)
No	12 (3.57)	3 (25)	—	1

^∗ Values in brackets are in percentage (%), denominator column 2 : 336, and denominator column 3 corresponds to the total of each clinical symptoms. ^∗Numbers in bold represent the P value of each clinical symptom which is significantly different compared to the normal P value (0.05).