Table 3.
Comparison between 461 patients and 461 controls with respect to real-time PCR detection rates and copy numbers in Hunan and Hebei, China
| Pathogen | Cases, n (%)a |
Controls, n (%)a |
p | Cases, mean (SD) |
Controls, mean (SD) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Hunan | Hebei | Total | Hunan | Hebei | Total | Total | ||
| Rotavirus | 187 (40.6) | 99 | 88 | 8 (1.7) | 4 | 4 | <0.001 | 62 748 (361 729) | 5 (90) |
| Norovirus GII | 114 (24.7) | 59 | 55 | 40 (8.7) | 15 | 25 | <0.001 | 881 209 (6 953 733) | 32 385 (497 573) |
| Norovirus GI | 14 (3.0) | 11 | 3 | 4 (0.9) | 2 | 2 | 0.017 | 29 321 (536 789) | 8866 (180 451) |
| Sapovirus | 30 (6.5) | 7b | 23b | 19 (4.1) | 4b | 15b | 0.106 | 132 885 (1 489 731) | 12 938 (200 747) |
| Astrovirus | 14 (3.0) | 1b | 13b | 4 (0.9) | 4 | 0 | 0.017 | 88 775 582 (1 900 024 087) | 42 963 (907 251) |
| Adenovirus | 50 (10.9) | 17 | 33 | 12 (2.6) | 5 | 7 | <0.001 | 2 150 466 (20 808 127) | 9300 (154 549) |
| Shigella | 86 (18.6) | 20b | 66b | 53 (11.5) | 17b | 36b | 0.006 | 18 870 (396 865) | 1453 (30 749) |
| Salmonella | 63 (13.7) | 29 | 34 | 56 (12.1) | 41b | 15b | 0.49 | 240 (3497) | 6 (75) |
| ETEC | 25 (5.4) | 10 | 15 | 40 (8.7) | 14 | 26 | 0.054 | 1028 (18 149) | 1205 (17 925) |
| Campylobacter jejuni | 64 (13.9) | 38 | 26 | 64 (13.9) | 39 | 25 | >0.5 | 1728 (22 127) | 37 (599) |
ETEC, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli.
a
Presence of pathogen based on detection of any amount by PCR.
b
Significant difference (p <0.01) between Hunan and Hebei province by chi-square test.