Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of study children

Variable	Isoleucine-added ORS group (n=25)	Control ORS group (n=25)	p value
Age (months)	10.4±3	12.0±4.5	0.12
Body-weight (kg)	7.7±1.0	8.0±1.14	0.36
Weight-for-age (%)	81.0±8.2	79.5±10.6	0.59
Weight-for-length (%)	87.4±8.3	88.1±9.0	0.76
Duration (hours) of diarrhoea before admission	28.0±11.5	27.9±13.5	0.95
Number of stools in the last 24 hours	12±4	11±4	0.88
Duration (hours) of vomiting before admission	26.9±13.0	24.6±15	0.56
Number of vomits in the last 24 hour	7.5±3	7.5±4	0.98
Breastfeeding (yes/no)	24/2	22/3	0.67
Dehydration status (none/some)	0/26	0/25
Fever before admission (yes/no)	14/12	10/15	0.57
Stool pathogens isolated
Enterotoxigenic Eschericia coli	3	3	0.72
Rotavirus	18	17

Figures represent mean±SD or numbers.

ORS=Oral rehydration solutions;

SD=Standard deviation