Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics.

Characteristics	Total (n = 33)	No dehydration (n = 17)	Dehydration (n = 16)	p-value
Median age (months)	12 (0.2–48)	13 (3–36)	9 (0.2–48)	0.5***
Age groups				0.07*
Infants (0–11 months)	15 (45.4)	6 (35.3)	9 (56.2)
Toddlers (12–35 months)	16 (48.5)	11 (64.7)	5 (31.3)
Preschools (36–59 months)	2 (6.1)	0 (0.0)	2 (12.5)
Gender				1.0*
Female	8 (24.2)	4 (23.5)	4 (25.0)
Male	25 (75.8)	13 (76.5)	12 (75.0)
Malnutrition #	5 (20.0)	3 (23.1)	2 (16.6)	1.0*
Vaccination status				0.1*
Up-to-date	11 (33.4)	4 (23.6)	7 (43.7)
Completed	18 (54.5)	12 (70.6)	6 (37.6)
Not completed	14 (12.1)	1 (5.8)	3 (18.7)
Duration of illness before admission (days)	2 (1–6)	2 (1–6)	2 (1–5)	0.4***
Duration of diarrhea before admission (days)	3.4 ± 1.8	3.4±1.8	3.4±1.8	0.9****
Clinical manifestations on admission
Fever	20 (60.6)	13 (76.4)	7 (43.8)	0.055***
Vomiting	22 (66.7)	9 (52.9)	13 (81.2)	0.08***
Bloody stool	2 (6.0)	2 (11.8)	0 (0.0)	0.4*
Received antibiotics before admission				1.0*
Yes	9 (27.3)	5 (29.4)	4 (25.0)
No	22 (66.7)	11 (64.7)	11 (68.8)
Unknown	2 (6.0)	1 (5.9)	1 (6.2)

^#Only 25 cases had measured weight-for-height/length to assess for acute malnutrition status (wasting). Numbers in the parentheses indicate column percentage (%) unless indicated range for continuous variables.

*P-value was calculated by Fisher’s exact test.

**P-value was calculated by Chi-squared test.

***P-value was calculated by Mann-Whitney test.

****P-value was calculated by Student’s t test.