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. 2007 Aug 9;335(7615):340. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39272.581736.55

Table 6.

 Secondary outcomes in children with diarrhoea according to treatment group

Group 1 2 3 4 5 6 P value
No (%) admitted to hospital 4 (4.3) 1 (1.0) 4 (4.4) 4 (4.0) 2 (2.1) 4 (4.4) 0.68*
Fever:
 No (%) of children 32 (34.8) 30 (30.0) 27 (29.7) 29 (29.0) 30 (30.9) 36 (39.6) 0.61*
 Median (IQR) duration (days) 2 (1-2) 1 (1-2) 2 (1.7-2) 2 (1-3) 1 (1-3) 2 (1-3) 0.10†
Vomiting:
 No (%) of children 34 (37.0) 31 (31.0) 24 (26.4) 32 (32.0) 34 (35.1) 36 (39.6) 0.47*
 Median (IQR) duration (days) 2 (1-2) 1 (1-2) 2 (1.0) 1.5 (1-2) 1 (1-2) 1.5 (1-2) 0.25†

IQR=interquartile range.

2 test.

†Mann-Whitney U test.