Table 3.

Clinical presentations of children with and without rotavirus-associated diarrhea in China, 2009–2015.

Clinical Characteristics	Children with rotavirus-associated diarrhea (n = 10,089)	Children without rotavirus-associated diarrhea (n = 23,527)	p-value
Illness duration before seeing a doctor, median days, (IQR)	2 (1–3)	2 (1–3)	<0.001
Symptoms/signs, no. (%)*
Fever (body temperature > 38.0 °C)	1414 (28.6)	3148 (21.9)	<0.001
Vomiting	3773 (39.4)	4924 (21.8)	<0.001
Dehydration	419 (8.5)	470 (3.3)	<0.001
Respiratory symptom	1284 (12.7)	3242 (13.8)	0.01
Antibiotic usage before visiting, no. (%)*	1108 (14.9)	2080 (11.5%)	<0.001

^*Note: No. of patients in the column did not sum up to equal the total no. of patients due to missing data. Respiratory symptoms included cough, sore throat, or rhinorrhea. Dehydration included thirst, decreased skin turgor, sunken eyes, or sunken fontanelle (in infants). IQR = interquartile range.