Table 2. Clinical characteristics of diarrheal patients <5-years-old in ICDDR,B hospitals, Bangladesh, 2000–2008.

	Rural								Urban
	Cholera (n = 378)		Other (n = 7,799)						Cholera (n = 473)		Other (n = 5,568)
	N	%	N	%				P a	N	%	N	%		P a
Clinical Characteristics
General Condition								<0.001						<0.001
Normal	222	58.7	7026	90.2					85	18.0	3552	63.9
Restless	72	19.0	542	7.0					6	1.3	48	0.9
Lethargic but irritable	73	19.3	207	2.7					237	50.1	1828	32.9
Drowsy/cold & sweating	11	2.9	12	0.2					145	30.7	132	2.4
Duration of diarrhea prior to arrival (days)								<0.001						<0.001
<1	186	49.2	2430	31.2					223	47.1	1237	22.2
1–6	182	48.1	5045	64.7					229	48.4	3818	68.6
7–14	9	2.4	280	3.6					18	3.8	434	7.8
15+	1	0.3	44	0.6					3	0.6	78	1.4
Clinical Dehydration								<0.001						<0.001
None	154	40.7	6705	86.0					84	17.8	3549	63.8
Some	164	43.4	1052	13.5					229	48.4	1865	33.5
Severe	60	15.9	39	0.5					160	33.8	146	2.6
Watery stool	320	84.7	5641	72.3				<0.001	466	98.5	5239	94.1		<0.001
Stool contents								<0.001						<0.001
Normal	314	83.1	5057	64.8					419	88.6	4335	77.9
Mucus	42	11.1	1657	21.2					51	10.8	1077	19.3
Blood	3	0.8	106	1.4					1	0.2	6	0.1
Mucus + Blood	19	5.0	979	12.6					2	0.4	150	2.7
No. stools in 24 hours prior to arrival								0.001						<0.001
3–5	38	10.1	792	10.2					39	8.2	501	9.0
6–10	187	49.5	4415	56.6					222	46.9	3225	57.9
11–14	81	21.4	1680	21.5					150	31.7	1199	21.5
15–20	46	12.2	565	7.2					36	7.6	400	7.2
21+	26	6.9	347	4.4					26	5.5	243	4.4
Vomiting in 24 Hours prior to arrival						<0.001								<0.001
None	54	14.3	2604	33.4					39	8.2	1103	19.8
<10 times	256	67.7	4653	59.7					387	81.8	4249	76.3
10+ times	68	18.0	542	6.9					47	9.9	216	3.9