Table 3.
Ages and clinical characteristics of outpatients infected with major enteropathogens
| Characteristics | EAEC | ETEC | Vibrio parahaemolyticus | Group A rotavirus | Norovirus | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative, n = 1,475 | Positive, n = 197 | P-value | Negative, n = 1,475 | Positive, n = 134 | P-value | Negative, n = 1,853 | Positive, n = 294 | P-value | Negative, n = 1,721 | Positive, n = 163 | P-value | Negative, n = 1,622 | Positive, n = 690 | P-value | |
| Age, years, median (IQR) | 30.0 (4.0–51.0) | 33.0 (21.5–55.5) | 0.009 | 30.0 (4.0–51.0) | 33.0 (24.0–51.0) | 0.020 | 32.0 (19.0–52.0) | 32.5 (25.0–49.0) | 0.100 | 26.0 (1.0–48.0) | 1.0 (0.0–17.0) | < 0.001 | 27.0 (1.0–49.0) | 24.0 (1.0–42.0) | < 0.001 |
| Duration of diarrhea, days, median (IQR) | 1.0 (1.0–2.0) | 1.0 (1.0–2.0) | 0.014 | 1.0 (1.0–2.0) | 1.0 (1.0–1.0) | < 0.001 | 1.0 (1.0–2.0) | 1.0 (0.0–1.0) | < 0.001 | 1.0 (1.0–2.0) | 1.0 (1.0–2.0) | 0.961 | 1.0 (1.0–2.0) | 1.0 (1.0–2.0) | < 0.001 |
| No. of stools in 24 hours, median (IQR) | 5.0 (4.0–6.0) | 5.0 (4.0–6.0) | 0.643 | 5.0 (4.0–6.0) | 5.0 (3.0–6.0) | 0.164 | 5.0 (4.0–6.0) | 5.0 (4.0–6.0) | 0.005 | 5.0 (3.0–6.0) | 5.0 (4.0–7.0) | 0.003 | 5.0 (3.0–6.0) | 5.0 (3.0–6.0) | 0.094 |
| Vomiting present, % | 19.8 | 16.2 | 0.236 | 19.8 | 17.2 | 0.462 | 17.7 | 33.3 | < 0.001 | 18.2 | 44.2 | < 0.001 | 17.1 | 34.1 | < 0.001 |
| Duration of vomiting, days, median (IQR) | 1.0 (0.0–1.0) | 1.0 (0.0–1.0) | 0.298 | 1.0 (0.0–1.0) | 1.0 (1.0–1.0) | 0.545 | 1.0 (0.0–1.0) | 1.0 (0.0–1.0) | 0.009 | 1.0 (0.0–1.0) | 1.0 (0.5–2.0) | 0.191 | 1.0 (0.0–1.0) | 1.0 (0.0–1.0) | 0.005 |
| No. of vomiting episodes in 24 hours, median (IQR) | 1.0 (1.0–3.0) | 1.0 (1.0–2.75) | 0.676 | 1.0 (1.0–3.0) | 1.0 (1.0–3.0) | 0.859 | 1.0 (1.0–2.0) | 2.0 (1.0–3.0) | < 0.001 | 1.0 (1.0–3.0) | 3.0 (1.0–4.0) | < 0.001 | 1.0 (1.0–2.0) | 2.0 (1.0–3.0) | < 0.001 |
| Fever present, % | 6.1 | 1.5 | 0.008 | 6.1 | 7.5 | 0.532 | 6.8 | 7.8 | 0.521 | 11.7 | 19.0 | 0.006 | 10.2 | 10.9 | 0.615 |
| Temperature of fever, °C, median (IQR) | 38.3 (38.0–38.8) | 38.5 (38.0–/) | 0.992 | 38.3 (38.0–38.8) | 38.0 (38.0–38.525) | 0.425 | 38.3 (38.0–38.7) | 38.1 (37.7–38.5) | 0.152 | 38.4 (38.0–39.0) | 38.5 (38.0–39.0) | 0.614 | 38.4 (38.0–38.8) | 38.0 (38.0–38.9) | 0.275 |
| Dehydration present, % | 3.5 | 3.0 | 0.765 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 0.968 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 0.687 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 0.004 | 1.0 | 4.2 | < 0.001 |
EAEC = enteroaggregative Escherichia coli; ETEC = enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli. IQR = interquartile range. Bold characters indicate significant (P < 0.05) values.