Table 4. General log-linear model analysis of clinical factors with V. parahaemolyticus infection.
Factor | V. parahaemolyticus positive samples n = 178(%) | Z-values | Estimates (95%CI) | p-value |
Age | ||||
Up to 10 yrs | 14(7.9) | −3.36 | −1.02(−1.62–−0.42) | 0.001* |
>10–20 yrs | 37(20.8) | −0.34 | −0.07(−0.52–0.37) | 0.734 |
>20–40 yrs | 87(48.9) | 4.05 | 0.77(0.40–1.14) | <0.001* |
>40–60 yrs | 40(22.5) | reference category | ||
Type of diarrhea | ||||
Watery | 144(80.9) | 6.81 | 1.90(1.36–2.44) | <0.001* |
Loose | 19(10.7) | 0.22 | 0.07(−0.60–0.75) | 0.828 |
Bloody & Mucoid | 15(8.4) | reference category | ||
Duration of diarrhea | ||||
Up to 24 hrs | 162(91.0) | 9.03 | 3.01(2.35–3.66) | <0.001* |
>24 hrs | 16(9.0) | reference category | ||
Frequency of stool/day | ||||
Up to 5/day | 44(24.7) | 1.85 | 0.41(−0.02–0.84) | 0.064 |
>5–10/day | 91(51.1) | 5.87 | 1.45(0.76–1.53) | <0.001* |
>10/day | 43(24.2) | reference category | ||
Abdominal pain | ||||
Present | 101(56.7) | 2.27 | 0.35(0.05–0.65) | 0.023* |
Absent | 77(43.3) | reference category | ||
Vomiting | ||||
Present | 148(83.1%) | 7.99 | 1.62(1.22–2.02) | <0.001* |
Absent | 30(16.9) | reference category |
*Statistically significant.