Table 8.

Distribution of clinical symptoms and signs by duration of hospitalization for culture-confirmed cholera cases (N = 1,253)

	Watery stool	10+ stools in 24 hours	Vomiting	Dehydration	Rice water stools	Nausea	Dry mucous membranes	Abdominal pain	Leg cramp	Mucous stool	Altered consciousness	Difficulty breathing	Coma	Bloody stool
Hosp. less than 1 day	33	9	29	29	31	17	15	15	20	3	7	2	1	0
Percentage*	100.0	28.1	90.6	87.9	94.0	56.7	50.0	45.5	69.0	9.1	23.3	6.5	3.3	0.0
Hosp. 1 day	139	59	117	128	115	102	89	77	65	77	7	4	2	0
Percentage	99.3	44.7†	83.6	92.8	82.1	80.3†	67.4	56.2	47.5‡	5.1	5.2‡	2.9	1.5	0.0
Hosp. 2 days	313	141	295	288	259	255	209	176	172	26	13	11	3	0
Percentage	98.1	46.2†	93.7	92.6	81.7	86.7†	71.6†	58.5	57.1	8.4	4.3‡	3.6	1.0	0.0
Hosp. 3 days+	739	349	696	713	622	571	521	406	427	44	40	31	9	2
Percentage	97.5	49.8†	93.3	97.1†	82.5	83.4†	76.6†	56.8	60.4	5.9	5.1‡	4.1	1.3	0.3

^*Referral category.

^†P value < 0.05 for an association between the symptom and likelihood of one or more hospital days.

^‡P value < 0.05 for an association between the symptom and likelihood of less than one hospital day (i.e., odds ratio < 1).