Table 3. Clinical severity of AGE according to the age group in 313 children.

Severity parameters	Age groups, mon		Ordinal logistic analysis
	< 24	≥ 24	P*	c-OR	95% CI	P
Subjects (n = 313), No.	155	158	-	-	-	-
Diarrhea duration, hr			0.002	2.502	1.553–4.031	< 0.001
0	39	60
1–96	92	88
≥ 97	24	10
Maximum No. of stools per 24-hr			0.001	2.806	1.795–4.386	< 0.001
0	39	60
2–3	28	38
4–5	39	28
≥ 6	49	32
Vomiting duration			0.194	0.813	0.495–1.335	0.414
0	30	24
1–24	105	107
≥ 25	20	27
Maximum No. of vomiting per 24-hr			0.635	0.985	0.640–1.515	0.945
0	30	24
1	21	24
2–4	61	68
≥ 5	43	42
Maximum recorded fever, ℃			0.258	1.067	0.690–1.650	0.771
< 37.0	69	57
37.1–38.4	51	60
38.5–38.9	17	21
≥ 39.0	18	20
Vesikari score			0.164	2.239	1.380–3.632	0.001
0–8	23	35
9–10	46	43
≥ 11	86	80
Visit to ER	77	76	0.78	-	-	-
Days of hospitalization†	2 (2–3)	2 (2–3)	0.316	-	-	-

AGE = acute gastroenteritis, c-OR = cumulative odds ratio, CI = confidence interval, ER = emergency room.

^*P values were calculated using the χ² test; ^†The values are presented as median (interquartile range).