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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of children with acute diarrhea and their relationship to the prevalence of T. whipplei

From: Tropheryma whipplei in the stool samples of children with acute diarrhea: a study from Tehran, Iran

 

Negative T. whipplei N = 118

Positive T. whipplei N = 12

P value

OR (95% CI)

Gender (male)

51 (43.2)

8 (66.7)

0.12

2.63 (0.75–9.21)

Age median ≥ 32.9 month

41 (34.7)

5 (41.7)

0.75

1.34 (0.40–4.49)

Median times of diarrhea (days): ≥ 4 times

63 (53.4)

8 (66.7)

0.38

1.75 (0.50–6.11)

Median times of diarrhea (days) ≥ 3

54 (45.8)

10 (83.3)

0.01*

5.93 (1.24–28.22)

Fever

51 (43.2)

4 (33.3)

0.51

0.66 (0.19–2.30)

Stomachache

29 (24.6)

5 (41.7)

0.20

2.19 (0.65–7.44)

Cramps

34 (28.8)

1 (8.3)

0.18

0.91 (0.83–1.00)

Headache

4 (3.4)

1 (8.3)

0.39

2.59 (0.27–25.26)

Vomiting

29 (24.6)

4 (33.3)

0.50

1.53 (0.43–5.47)

History of contact with animal

3 (2.5)

0 (0.0)

0.99

Family history of diarrhea

10 (8.5)

0 (0.0)

0.60

Travel history

6 (5.1)

0 (0.0)

0.99

Underlying disease

5 (4.2)

2 (16.7)

0.13

4.52 (0.78–26.34)

Mucus in stool

37 (31.4)

4 (33.3)

0.99

1.10 (0.31–3.87)

Blood in stool

11 (9.3)

1 (8.3)

0.99

0.88 (0.10–7.51)

Pus in the stool

10 (8.5)

1 (8.3)

0.99

0.98 (0.12–8.41)

WBC in stool

24 (20.3)

3 (25.0)

0.71

1.31 (0.33–5.20)

  1. The symbol (*) indicates statistically significant between children with positive T. whipplei and children without T. whipplei infection. A p value < 0.05 was considered significant