Table 3 Clinical characteristics of children hospitalized for acute gastroenteritis with convulsions (cases) and without convulsions (controls).
From: Convulsions in children hospitalized for acute gastroenteritis
Case (n = 47) | Controls (n = 114) | P value a | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Min | Max | Median (IQR) | Min | Max | Median (IQR) | ||
Body temperature, °C | 36.2 | 42.0 | 40.0 (1.0) | 36.0 | 42.0 | 39.0 (2.0) | < 0.001 |
Gestational age at birth, weeks | 31.0 | 41.0 | 39.0 (2.9) | 35.0 | 42.0 | 39.8 (2.5) | 0.045 |
Birth weight, grams | 1260 | 4600 | 3109 (956) | 1750 | 4600 | 3192 (791) | 0.254 |
Vesikari score | 6 | 15 | 9 (4) | 5 | 17 | 12 (4) | < 0.001 |
White blood count × 103 per µL | 5.4 | 31.4 | 15.5 (11.7) | 4.9 | 35.0 | 12.2 (7.4) | 0.019 |
Hemoglobin, mg/dL | 9.2 | 15.2 | 11.7 (1.0) | 8.8 | 16.0 | 11.8 (1.6) | 0.226 |
Platelets × 103 per µL | 192 | 552 | 317 (119) | 31 | 757 | 355 (124) | 0.089 |
Glucose, mg/dL | 79.0 | 186.0 | 103.4 (23.4) | 30.0 | 139.0 | 87.4 (25.6) | < 0.001 |
Potassium (K), mEq/L | 3.3 | 5.8 | 4.3 (0.7) | 3.3 | 6.9 | 4.4 (0.7) | 0.647 |
Sodium (Na), mEq/L | 129.2 | 145.0 | 136.9 (3.4) | 128.7 | 144.0 | 138.0 (4.0) | 0.002 |
C reactive protein,mg/L | 0.4 | 116.3 | 17.0 (31.5) | 0.2 | 310.6 | 9.3 (31.4) | 0.087 |
