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Table 1 Characteristics of children with AGE with and without stool collection, western Kenya, 2010-11

From: A sham case-control study of effectiveness of DTP-Hib-hepatitis B vaccine against rotavirus acute gastroenteritis in Kenya

 

Inpatients with AGE (n = 409)

Outpatients with AGE (n = 176)

 

Stool collected, n (%)

Stool not collected, n (%)

P value

Stool collected, n (%)

Stool not collected, n (%)

P value

Age

      

3-11 months

196 (68)

67 (56)

0.02

78 (66)

31 (53)

0.10

12–23 months

93 (32)

53 (44)

40 (34)

27 (47)

Sex

      

Male

160 (55)

59 (49)

0.25

71 (60)

29 (50)

0.20

Female

129 (45)

61 (51)

47 (40)

29 (50)

Vesikari score

      

≥11

197 (68)

68 (57)

0.03

35 (30)

18 (31)

0.85

<11

92 (32)

52 (43)

83 (70)

40 (69)

HIV status

      

Positive

18 (6)

9 (8)

0.17

2 (2)

0 (0)

0.58

Negative

227 (79)

84 (70)

53 (45)

28 (48)

Unknown

44 (15)

27 (22)

63 (53)

30 (52)

HDSS resident

      

Yes

183 (63)

68 (57)

0.21

116 (98)

55 (95)

0.15

No

106 (37)

52 (43)

 

1 (1)

3 (5)

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