Multiple etiologies of infectious diarrhea and concurrent infections in a pediatric outpatient-based screening study in Odisha, India

Table 5 Age group-wise distribution of incidences of different etiological agents causing diarrhea in children in diarrheal group

	No (%) of cases under age groups		Statistical analysis
	<2 years (n = 82)	2–5 years (n = 48)	p value	Odds ratio (95% CI)
At least one infectious etiology	48 (58.53)	26 (54.16)	0.316	1.195 (0.582, 2.449)
DEC	22 (26.82)	18 (37.49)	0.106	0.611 (0.285, 1.309)
Shigella flexneri	20 (24.39)	11 (22.91)	0.429	1.085 (0.468, 2.515)
Rotavirus	28 (34.14)	6 (12.49)	0.003**	3.63 (1.377, 9.57)
Adenovirus	2 (2.43)	4 (8.33)	0.079	0.275 (0.048, 1.562)
Cryptosporidium	4 (4.87)	0	0.076	Undefined#
Giardia	1 (1.21)	0	0.315	Undefined#

Percentages are calculated based on the total number of children with symptoms of diarrhea under <2 years and 2–5 years age groups (n = 82 and 48, respectively)
** Extremely statistically significant

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