TABLE 1.
Gastrointestinal symptoms of children affected by COVID-19
| Author (reference) | Country | No. of children | Median age (y) | Diarrhea, no. (%) | Nausea/vomiting, no. (%) | Abdominal pain, no. (%) | Feeding difficulties, no. (%) |
| Ashktorab et al (5) | USA | 6639 | 14.8 | 730 (11) | 876 (13.2) | 671 (10.1) | NA |
| CDC (26) | USA | 291 | NA | 38 (13) | 32 (11) | 17 (5.8) | NA |
| Esmaeili Dooki et al (27) | Iran | 18 | 6.9 | 6 (33.3) | 7 (38.9) | 6 (33.3) | 15 (83.3) |
| Gaborieau et al (28) | France | 192 | 1 | 32 (16.7) | 19 (9.9) | NA | 17 (8.9) |
| Giacomet et al (24) | Italy | 127 | 4.8 | 28 (22) | 12 (9.4) | 8 (6.3) | NA |
| Gonzalez Jimenez et al (25) | Spain | 101 | 9.4 | 33 (32.7) | 35 (34.7) | 35 (34.7) | NA |
| Kainth et al (29) | USA | 65 | 10.3 | 7 (11) | 22 (34) | 40 (62) | 40 |
| Liu et al (31) | China | 46 | 0.42 | 1 (2.2) | 5 (10.9) | NA | NA |
| Lu et al (30) | China | 171 | 6.7 | 15 (8.8) | 109 (64) | NA | NA |
| Rabha et al (33) | Brazil | 115 | 2 | 15 (13) | 20 (17.4) | 9 (8.7) | 25 (21.7) |
| Xia,et al. (34) | China | 20 | 2.1 | 15 (3) | 2 (10) | NA | NA |
| Xiong et al (35) | China | 244 | 6.3 | 15 (6.1) | 23 (9.4) | 4 (1.6) | 3.3 |
| Zachariah et al (36) | USA | 50 | 9.9 | 2 (4) | 3 (6) | 5 (10) | NA |
| Zheng et al (37) | China | 25 | 3 | 3 (12) | 2 (8) | 2 (8) | NA |
| Total | 8104 | 1015 (12.5) | 1167 (14.4) | 797 (10.4) |
NA = not applicable.