Table 4 Reported clinical signs in adult patients consulting a GP for acute diarrhea in virus-positive and virus-negative stool samples (complementary survey)
Patients with acute diarrhea | |||
|---|---|---|---|
At least one virus detected (N = 94) (%) | No virus detected (N = 51) (%) | p-value* | |
Average age ± sd (years)** | 40.4 ± 15.1 | 44.3 ± 17.8 | 0.16 |
Men** | 52 (55.9%) | 28 (57.1%) | 0.89 |
Average time before consultation ± sd (days) | 1.6 ± 1.9 | 1.7 ± 1.9 | 0.92 |
Average duration of diarrhea ± sd (days) | 1.6 ± 1.5 | 2.1 ± 1.8 | 0.23 |
Average number of stools in the last 24 h ± sd | 5.4 ± 2.7 | 6.3 ± 3.3 | 0.09 |
Average max. number of stools per day ± sd | 5.7 ± 2.5 | 6.5 ± 3.3 | 0.13 |
Mucous diarrhea | 10 (11.0%) | 8 (17.4%) | 0.30 |
Bloody diarrhea | 1 (1.1%) | 1 (2.2%) | 0.63 |
Watery diarrhea | 83 (91.2%) | 39 (84.8%) | 0.26 |
Abdominal pain | 85 (93.4%) | 42 (91.3%) | 0.66 |
Nausea | 77 (82.8%) | 36 (78.3%) | 0.52 |
Vomiting | 61 (66.3%) | 24 (52.2%) | 0.11 |
Average duration ± sd (days) | 0.8 ± 0.9 | 1.3 ± 1.4 | 0.12 |
Fever | 42 (46.2%) | 15 (33.3%) | 0.16 |
Average body temperature ± sd (°C) | 38.3 ± 0.4 | 38.5 ± 0.7 | 0.42 |
Average duration ± sd (days) | 1.2 ± 1.2 | 1.7 ± 1.7 | 0.30 |
Dehydration | 3 (3.3%) | 1 (2.2%) | 0.71 |
Other symptoms | 5 (5.5%) | 1 (2.2%) | 0.39 |