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. 2011 Sep 14;11:81. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-11-81

Table 1.

Summary of patient characteristics

GLOBAL (All etiologies)
(n = 682)
Gastroenteritis by rotavirus
(n = 207)
Gastroenteritis by other etiologies
(n = 428)
P
Age (months) 0.563
0-6 months 111 (16.3%) 28 (13.5%) 75 (17.5%)
7-12 months 141(20.7%) 42 (20.3%) 89 (20.8%)
13-24 months 253 (37.1%) 81 (39.1%) 152 (35.5%)
25-36 months 109 (16.0%) 38 (18.4%) 67 (15.7%)
37-60 months 68 (10.0%) 18 (8.7%) 45 (10.5%)
Sex (male %) 383 (56.2%) 116 (56.0%) 241 (56.3%) 0.949
Rotavirus vaccination (complete or partial vaccination) 178 (26.1%) 11 (5.3%) 159 (37.1%) < 0.001
Maximum number of depositions in 24 hours 6.9 ± 3.4 (6.0) 8.0 ± 4.0 (7.0) 6.3 ± 3.0 (6.0) < 0.001
Number of times needed medical care 2.1 ± 1.2 (2.0) 2.3 ± 1.3 (2.0) 2.0 ± 1.2 (2.0) < 0.001
Gastroenteritis episode duration (days) 7.3 ± 3.5 (7.0) 7.6 ± 2.9 (7.0) 7.2 ± 3.7 (6.0) 0.132
Hospital admission 163 (23.9%) 99 (47.8%) 60 (14.0%) < 0.001
Length of hospital stay (days) 4.4 ± 2.1 (4.0) 4.5 ± 2.1 (4.0) 4.4 ± 2.1 (4.0) 0.850

"Global" represents all patients included in the study. P values are provided for comparison between rotavirus and other etiologies subgroups.