Table 2.

Persistent diarrhoea recovery, hospital stay and treatment response

	Age group		All children
	≤ 6 months (n = 135)	> 6 months (n = 291)	N = 426
PD recovered	125/135 (92.59%)	280/291 (96.22%)	405/426 (95.07%)
Treatment response days, Median (IQR)	5 (3, 8)	6 (4, 10)	6 (4, 9)
Hospital stay days, Median (IQR)	7 (4, 9)	8 (5, 12)	7 (5, 11)
Treatment response diet step
Step-1	80/123 (65.04%)	140/279 (50.18%)	220/402 (54.73%)
Step-2	37/123 (30.08%)	116/279 (41.58%)	153/402 (38.06%)
Step-3	5/123 (4.07%)	23/279 (8.24%)	28/402 (6.97%)
Step-4	1/123 (0.81%)	0/279 (0%)	1/402 (0.25%)