Table 3 Association between Campylobacter infected children and clinical findings at Gondar University Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, October 2011 to March 2012
Clinical finding | Positive | Negative | Total | OR (95% CI) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |||
Fever | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 yes | 18(40.9) | 79(32.8) | 97(34) | 1.42 (0.72,2.88) | 0.29 |
 No | 26(59.1) | 162(67.2) | 188(66) |  |  |
Vomiting | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 yes | 29(65.9) | 137(56.8) | 166(58.2) | 1.47 (0.71,3.04) | 0.26 |
 No | 15(34.1) | 104(43.2) | 119(41.8) |  |  |
Abdominal pain | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Yes | 41(92.2) | 172(71.4) | 213(74.7) |  |  |
 No | 3(6.8) | 69(28.6) | 72(25.3) | 5.34 (1.56,22.9) | 0.002* |
Duration of diarrhoea | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 1-5 days | 40(90.9) | 222(92.1) | 262(91.9) |  |  |
 ≥6 days | 4(9.1) | 19(7.9) | 23(8.1) | 0.86 (0.26,3.15) | 0.78 |
Stool frequency per day | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 1-4 /day | 36(81.8) | 196(81.3) | 232(81.4) |  |  |
 ≥5/ day | 8(18.2) | 45(18.7) | 53(18.6) | 1.03 (0.42,2.59) | 0.93 |
Consistency | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Watery | 27(61.4) | 160(66.4) | 187(65.6) |  |  |
 Mixed (blood and mucus) | 17(38.6) | 81(33.6) | 98(34.4) | 0.80 (0.40,1.64) | 0.52 |