Table 2.
Characteristics of the study population
| Characteristics | Patients with diarrhea (n = 200) | Otherwise healthy family members (n = 75) |
|---|---|---|
| No. (%) of individuals | No. (%) of individuals | |
| Age group | ||
| 0–10 years (n = 91) | 65 (32.5) | 26 (34.7) |
| 11–18 years (n = 32) | 21 (10.5) | 4 (5.3) |
| 19–49 years (n = 84) | 66 (33.0) | 32 (42.7) |
| 50–69 years (n = 45) | 37 (18.5) | 8 (10.7) |
| ≥ 70 years (n = 12) | 10 (5.0) | 2 (2.7) |
| Gender | ||
| Male (n = 141) | 104 (52.0) | 37 (49.3) |
| Female (n = 126) | 93 (46.5) | 33 (44.0) |
| Pathogen causing the infection* | ||
| Campylobacter (n = 89) | 71 (35.5) | 18 (24.0) |
| Salmonella (n = 98) | 66 (33.0) | 32 (42.7) |
| Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (n = 50) | 34 (17.0) | 16 (21.3) |
| Shigella (n = 38) | 29 (14.5) | 9 (12.0) |
Percentages represent the frequency of each characteristic out of the total number of individual per group. Denominators do not always add up to the total number of individuals in each column because of missing data.
*
Numbers in the otherwise healthy column refer to the pathogen that infected their family members.