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Table 3.

Comparison of clinical characteristics between Rotavirus and nonrotaviral diarrheal groups

Variable	Rotavirus positive (n=98)	Rotavirus negative (n=222)	P
Gender
Male	58	140	0.707^a
Female	40	82	0.707^a
Age, mean±SD (months)	18.22±10.59	18.77±11.80	0.69^b
Duration of hospital stay, mean±SD (days)	3.83±1.77	3.43±1.32	0.02^b
Vesikari score, mean±SD	13.86±1.89	13.19±1.92	0.004^b
Disease severity by Vesikari score (a twenty point scoring system)
Mild (1-5)	0	0	0.08^a
Moderate (6-10)	4	18
Severe (11-15)	78	184
Very severe (16-20)	16	20

^aStatistical significance based on Chi-square test, ^bStatistical significance based on Student’s t-test for comparing means. SD: Standard deviation