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Table 3 A summary of the sociodemographic characteristics of children with RVA positive and negative gastroenteritis via RT-PCR

From: Rotavirus gastroenteritis in Pakistan, 2018: updated disease burden

Characteristics

RV + ve

RV –ve

p-value

Total

 

(n = 170)

(n = 643)

 

(813) (100%)

Gender

 Male

113 (20%)

453 (80%)

0.32

566 (69.6%

 Female

57 (23.1%)

190 (77%)

247 (30.3%)

Age group

 Age Group 1 (1–12 months)

114 (19.4%)

473 (81%)

0.95

587 (72.2%)

 Age group 2 (12–36 months)

37 (39.4%)

57 (61%)

94 (11.6%)

 Age group 3 (3–5 years)

0 (0%)

37 (100%)

37 (4.6%)

 Age group 4 (5–10 years)

19 (20%)

76 (80%)

95 (11.7)

Residence

 Urban

151 (25.8%)

434 (74.2%)

0.001

585 (72%)

 Rural

19 (8.3%)

209 (92%)

228 (28%)

Seasonality

 Winter

18 (33.3%)

36 (66.7%)

.02

54 (6.64%)

 Spring

57 (16.6%)

285 (83.3%)

.01

342 (42.1%)

 Summer

76 (20%)

304 (80%)

.55

380 (46.7%)

 Autumn

19 (51.4%)

18 (48.6%)

.0001

37 (4.6%)

  1. P<0.05 was regarded as statistically significant