Table 3.
Association between Campylobacter infected children and clinical findings at Gondar University Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, October 2011 to March 2012
| Clinical finding |
Positive |
Negative |
Total |
OR (95% CI) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |||
|
Fever |
|
|
|
|
|
| yes |
18(40.9) |
79(32.8) |
97(34) |
1.42 (0.72,2.88) |
0.29 |
| No |
26(59.1) |
162(67.2) |
188(66) |
|
|
|
Vomiting |
|
|
|
|
|
| yes |
29(65.9) |
137(56.8) |
166(58.2) |
1.47 (0.71,3.04) |
0.26 |
| No |
15(34.1) |
104(43.2) |
119(41.8) |
|
|
|
Abdominal pain |
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
41(92.2) |
172(71.4) |
213(74.7) |
|
|
| No |
3(6.8) |
69(28.6) |
72(25.3) |
5.34 (1.56,22.9) |
0.002* |
|
Duration of diarrhoea |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1-5 days |
40(90.9) |
222(92.1) |
262(91.9) |
|
|
| ≥6 days |
4(9.1) |
19(7.9) |
23(8.1) |
0.86 (0.26,3.15) |
0.78 |
|
Stool frequency per day |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1-4 /day |
36(81.8) |
196(81.3) |
232(81.4) |
|
|
| ≥5/ day |
8(18.2) |
45(18.7) |
53(18.6) |
1.03 (0.42,2.59) |
0.93 |
|
Consistency |
|
|
|
|
|
| Watery |
27(61.4) |
160(66.4) |
187(65.6) |
|
|
| Mixed (blood and mucus) | 17(38.6) | 81(33.6) | 98(34.4) | 0.80 (0.40,1.64) | 0.52 |
OR = Odd ratio, * p-value < 0.05.