Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of children with diarrhoea in the diagnostic accuracy study
| Participants | ||
|---|---|---|
| Age in months, median (IQR) | 12 (8–22) | |
| Female sex | 379/912 (42%) | |
| Diarrhoea episode | ||
| Duration in days, median (IQR) | 3 (2–5)* | |
| Acute episode (1–6 days) | 745/907 (82%) | |
| Prolonged episode (7–13 days) | 116/907 (13%) | |
| Persistent episode (14 days or longer) | 46/907 (5%) | |
| Moderate-to-severe diarrhoea | 190/782 (24%) | |
| Dysentery (visible blood in stool) | ||
| By caregiver report | 78/910 (9%) | |
| By caregiver report or by laboratory technician inspection of stool† | 92/910 (10%) | |
| Severe acute malnutrition | 86/911 (9%) | |
| Stunted growth | 200/907 (22%) | |
| HIV positive | 2/682 (<1%) | |
| HIV exposed | 2/682 (<1%) | |
| Rotavirus vaccination | 853/910 (94%) | |
| Enrolment site Jimma Medical Centre | 445/912 (49%) | |
| Enrolment site Serbo Health Centre | 467/912 (51%) | |
Data are n/N (%) unless otherwise stated. Denominators vary because of missing data for some participants (eg, not recorded or not answered).
*
N=907.
†
By gross inspection of the sample after it arrived in the clinical laboratory (data available from 637 samples).