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Table 2 Rotavirus prevalence and diarrhoea severity by child/caregiver characteristics

From: Prevalence of rotavirus infection among children with acute diarrhoea after rotavirus vaccine introduction in Kenya, a hospital cross-sectional study

 

Positive

mild

moderate

severe

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Age group (months)

 3–9 months

17 (10.6)

14 (8.8)

60 (37.5)

86 (53.8)

 10–16 months

20 (16.3)

12 (9.8)

51 (41.5)

60 (48.8)

 17–24 months

16 (19.5)

9 (11.0)

34 (41.5)

39 (47.6)

Sex

 Male

33 (16.0)

18 (8.7)

86 (41.7)

102 (49.5)

 Female

20 (12.6)

17 (10.7)

59 (37.1)

83 (52.2)

Nutritional Status

 Normal (>-2SD)

21 (18.3)

4 (3.5)

33 (28.7)

78 (67.8)

 Wasted (<-2SD)

32 (12.8)

31 (12.4)

112 (44.8)

107 (42.8)

Exclusive breastfeeding

 Yes

43 (16.0)

27 (10.1)

103 (38.4)

138 (51.5)

 No

10 (10.3)

8 (8.2)

42 (43.3)

47 (48.5)

Age of guardian

  ≤ 25

18 (12.1)

21 (14.1)

59 (39.6)

69 (46.3)

 26–30

20 (15.4)

7 (5.4)

56 (43.1)

67 (51.5)

 31–44

15 (17.4)

7 (8.1)

30 (34.9)

49 (57.0)

Level of education of guardian

 Primary/None

19 (18.4)

6 (5.8)

39 (37.9)

58 (56.3)

 Secondary

27 (13.0)

25 (12.0)

84 (40.4)

99 (47.6)

 Post-secondary

7 (13.0)

4 (7.4)

22 (40.7)

28 (51.9)

Total

53 (14.5)

35 (9.6)

145 (39.7)

185 (50.7)