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Table 5 Age and sex distribution of children with enteropathogens

From: The application research of xTAG GPP multiplex PCR in the diagnosis of persistent and chronic diarrhea in children

  

Number

Negative

Virus

Bacteria

Parasite

Co-infection

Boys

116

28

60

47

3

40

Sex

Girls

83

26

37

33

0

19

χ2

 

1.264

0.98

0.012

2.179

2.305

P

 

0.26

0.32

0.94

0.14

0.129

0–1

129

33

70

43

2

38

Age(year)

1–5

42

11

18

24

1

14

≥5

28

10

9

13

0

7

χ2

 

2.216

5.244

7.997

0.646

0.668

P

 

0.33

0.73

0.018

0.724

0.716