Table 2 Demographic and clinical features compared between acute diarrheal patients with fever vs without fever by age groups
|  | Overall cases (n = 40,122) | 0–4 years (n = 15,705) | 5–17 years (n = 2322) | 18–45 years (n = 11,216) | 46–59 years (n = 4959) | ≥ 60 years (n = 5920) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Febrile | Afebrile | Febrile | Afebrile | Febrile | Afebrile | Febrile | Afebrile | Febrile | Afebrile | Febrile | Afebrile | |
Sex (No. of male, %)a | 4113 (59.4) | 18,212 (54.9)** | 2572 (60.9) | 6995 (60.9) | 273 (63.2) | 1190 (63.0) | 771 (59.6) | 5289 (53.3)** | 239 (50.6) | 2103 (46.9) | 258 (51.9) | 2635 (48.6) |
Delay, days, median (IQR)b | 2 (2–4) | 2 (2–3)** | 3 (2–4) | 3 (2–4) | 2 (2–3) | 2 (1–3)** | 2 (1–3) | 2 (1–3)** | 2 (1–3) | 2 (1–3) | 2 (1–3) | 2 (1–3) |
Frequency of diarrhea, times, median (IQR)b | 5 (4–7) | 5 (3–6)** | 5 (4–7) | 4 (3–6)** | 5 (3–6) | 4 (3–6)** | 5 (4–8) | 5 (4–7)** | 6 (4–8) | 5 (4–7) | 5 (4–8) | 5 (4–7)** |
Diarrhea > 5 times per daya | 2921 (42.20) | 11,553 (34.85)** | 1707 (40.38) | 3382 (29.52)** | 143 (33.10) | 507 (26.91) | 599 (46.29) | 3808 (38.43)** | 242 (51.27) | 1779 (39.67) | 230 (46.28) | 2077 (38.34)* |
Stool character | ||||||||||||
 Watery stoola | 4838 (69.9) | 22,400 (67.5)** | 3121 (73.8) | 7378 (64.3)** | 261 (60.4) | 1133 (60.0) | 821 (63.5) | 7001 (70.6)** | 317 (67.1) | 3158 (70.4) | 318 (64.0) | 3730 (68.8)* |
 Mushy stoola | 171 (2.5) | 502 (1.5)** | 136 (3.2) | 261 (2.3)** | 14 (3.2) | 35 (1.9) | 12 (0.9) | 100 (1.0) | 2 (0.4) | 45 (1.0) | 7 (1.4) | 61 (1.1) |
 Mucous stoola | 1001 (14.5) | 4081 (12.3)** | 654 (15.5) | 1505 (13.1)** | 90 (20.8) | 329 (17.4) | 132 (10.2) | 1064 (10.7) | 63 (13.4) | 534 (11.9) | 62 (12.5) | 649 (12.0) |
 Bloody stoola | 281 (4.1) | 742 (2.2)** | 178 (4.2) | 230 (2.0)** | 30 (6.9) | 56 (3.0)** | 34 (2.6) | 170 (1.7)* | 18 (3.8) | 110 (2.5) | 21 (4.2) | 176 (3.3) |
Vomitinga | 2238 (32.3) | 6295 (19.0)** | 1518 (35.9) | 2600 (22.7)** | 142 (32.9) | 407 (21.6)** | 315 (24.3) | 1815 (18.3)** | 129 (27.3) | 731 (16.3)** | 134 (27.0) | 742 (13.7)** |
Respiratory symptomsa | 807 (11.7) | 1549 (4.7)** | 747 (17.7) | 1397 (12.2)** | 33 (7.6) | 52 (2.8)** | 11 (0.9) | 24 (0.2)** | 7 (1.5) | 17 (0.4)** | 9 (1.8) | 59 (1.1) |
Dehydrationa | 585 (8.5) | 578 (1.7)** | 421 (10.0) | 223 (1.9)** | 26 (6.0) | 30 (1.6)** | 68 (5.3) | 159 (1.6)** | 32 (6.8) | 80 (1.8)** | 38 (7.7) | 86 (1.6)** |
Neurologic symptomsa | 113 (1.6) | 212 (0.6)** | 61 (1.4) | 96 (0.8)** | 6 (1.4) | 6 (0.3)* | 2 (2.0) | 46 (0.5)** | 9 (1.9) | 29 (0.7)** | 11 (2.2) | 35 (0.7)** |