Table 3.

Demographic and Clinical Features of the Study Population

Characteristic	Rural Setting, Giyani (n = 227)	Urban Setting, Pretoria (n = 257)
Sex (n = 395)
Male	83 (37)	104 (40)
Female	105 (46)	103 (40)
Not recorded	39 (17)	50 (19)
Age, y (n = 346)
Range	2–73	1–90
Mean ± SD	19.2 ± 17.71	41.7 ± 22.13
<5	37 (16.3)	19 (7.4)
6–64	93 (41)	154 (60)
>65	6 (3)	37 (14.4)
Not recorded	91 (40)	47 (19)
Stool typea (n = 484)
Diarrheal (type 6 and 7)	61 (27)	125 (49)
Nondiarrheal (types 1–5)	166 (73)	132 (51)

Data are no. (%) of participants, unless otherwise stated.

^aBased on the Bristol stool scale.