Systematic review of diarrhea duration and severity in children and adults in low- and middle-income countries

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Estimates of diarrhea duration by age and country income-status

Duration Outcome	Study Design	Study Sites¹ N	Combined Estimate % (95% CI)
Low- and middle-income countries
0-59 mos
Weighted Mean ²	Community	29	4.3 (4.3-4.4)
	Hospital - Inpatient	2	8.4 (8.1-8.8)
Weighted Median ²	Community	8	3.1 (3.0-3.2)
	Hospital - Inpatient	1	2.0 (-)
Weighted Proportion Persistent ³	Community	12	4.9 (4.6-5.2)
	Hospital - Inpatient	4	11.1 (9.3-12.9)
	Hospital - Outpatient	1	15.4 (-)
5-15 yrs
Mean	Community	1	2.7 (-)
≥ 16 yrs
Mean	Community	1	3.0 (-)
	Hospital - Inpatient	1	2.6 (-)
High-income countries
0-59 mos
Mean	Community	1	2.2 (-)
Median	Community	1	1.0 (-)
≥ 16 yrs
Mean	Community	1	2.6 (-)
	Hospital - Outpatient	1	4.6 (3.6-5.2)

¹Individual studies may contribute more than one study site (N) to each estimate²Estimates for ≥ 2 study sites generated by Poisson regression model weighted by sample size³Estimates for ≥ 2 study sites generated by logistic regression model weighted by sample size

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