Table 1.
Clinical characteristics by RV status (Na = 239)
| Symptoms and signs | Nb (percentage of cases)
|
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| RV-positive (Nc = 107) | RV-negative (Nc = 128) | ||
| Severity of GE before hospitalization | |||
| Mild (1–6) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.8) | 0.0204^,* |
| Moderate (7–10) | 6 (5.6) | 20 (15.6) | – |
| Severe (≥11) | 101 (94.4) | 107 (83.6) | – |
| Symptoms before hospitalization | |||
| Diarrhea | 107 (100.0) | 128 (100.0) | – |
| Vomiting | 104 (97.2) | 108 (84.4) | 0.0008^,* |
| Fever | 63 (58.9) | 78 (60.9) | 0.2015# |
| Degree of dehydration before hospitalization | |||
| None | 2 (1.9) | 11 (8.6) | 0.0796^ |
| Mild/moderate | 102 (95.3) | 114 (89.1) | – |
| Severe | 3 (2.8) | 3 (2.3) | – |
| Duration of diarrhea before hospitalization (days) | |||
| 1–4 | 84 (78.5) | 99 (78.0) | 0.5718# |
| 5 | 7 (6.5) | 5 (3.9) | – |
| ≥6 | 16 (15.0) | 23 (18.1) | – |
| Treatment received before hospitalization | |||
| Oral rehydration | 40 (37.4) | 31 (24.2) | 0.0461#,* |
| Intravenous rehydration | 30 (28.0) | 22 (17.2) | 0.0954# |
| Antibiotics | 38 (35.5) | 48 (37.5) | 0.7530# |
| Duration of hospitalization (days) | |||
| Mean (SD) | 3.8 (1.99) | 4.3 (2.72) | – |
| Treatment received during hospitalization | |||
| Oral rehydration | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0.4553^ |
| Intravenous rehydration | 106 (99.1) | 128 (100) | 0.4553^ |
| Antibiotics | 34 (31.8) | 60 (46.9) | 0.0186#,* |
| Outcome at discharge | |||
| Recovered | 106 (99.1) | 125 (97.7) | – |
| Ongoing GE | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.8) | – |
| Transferred to another hospital | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.6) | – |
| Unknownd | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) | – |
Notes: Four children were excluded from the final analysis as their RV status was not determined. P-values calculated only for categorical and clinically significant variables, wherever possible.
Total number of children included in the final analysis;
number of children with the corresponding disease characteristic;
number of children in each category;
RV status unknown for four children from whom stool samples were not collected.
statistically significant P-value (for 0.05 alpha level).
chi-square P-value to test the association between the clinical symptoms and RV status.
Fisher’s exact test P-value to test the association between the clinical symptoms and RV status.
Abbreviations: GE, gastroenteritis; RV, rotavirus; SD, standard deviation.