Table 2. Baseline characteristics of 335, 6–35 month old Nepalese children with 391 episodes of acute diarrhea in a study to assess predictors of diarrhea with extended duration.
| n (%) | Mean±SD | |
| Age in months | 15.4±7.8 | |
| 6–11 months | 164 (41.7) | |
| 12–23 months | 153 (38.9) | |
| 24–35 months | 76 (19.3) | |
| Male | 216 (55.0) | |
| Breastfed | 324 (82.4) | |
| Exclusively breastfed | 17 (4.3) | |
| Total number of stools 24 hours prior to enrollment | 8.7±4.0 | |
| Fever during episode, reported by caretaker | 191 (48.6) | |
| Dehydrated at enrolment* | 50 (12.7) | |
| Stunted, defined as being less than 2Z length for age† | 119 (30.3) | |
| Wasted, defined as being less than 2Z weight for length† | 93 (23.7) | |
| Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 11.2±1.1 | |
| Plasma zinc (µmol/L) | 8.3±1.9 |
Dehydration defined according to WHO guidelines.
National Center for Health Statisitics, 2000.