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Table 4 Reported Signs and Symptoms of patients in different pathogens

From: Descriptive study of foodborne disease using disease monitoring data in Zhejiang Province, China, 2016–2020

Variables

Norovirus

(N = 6120)

Salmonella

(N = 3351)

V. parahaemolyticus

(N = 3022)

Diarrheagenic E. coli (N = 1849)

P

Clinical Symptom

     

Nausea

2343 (38.28)

638 (19.04)

1418 (46.92)

467 (25.26)

< 0.001

Vomiting

2347 (38.35)

578 (17.25)

1137 (37.62)

360 (19.47)

< 0.001

Abdominal cramps

3232 (52.81)

1673 (49.93)

2301 (76.14)

1120 (60.57)

< 0.001

Tenesmus

30 (0.49)

23 (0.69)

12 (0.40)

12 (0.65)

0.363

Fever(>=37.5℃)

559 (9.13)

945 (28.20)

322 (10.66)

183 (9.90)

< 0.001

Thirsty

434 (7.09)

119 (3.55)

268 (8.87)

60 (3.24)

< 0.001

Fatigue

655 (10.70)

204 (6.09)

404 (13.37)

107 (5.79)

< 0.001

Headache

22 (0.36)

11 (0.33)

11 (0.36)

2 (0.11)

0.379

Shiver

18 (0.29)

34 (1.01)

26 (0.86)

3 (0.16)

< 0.001

Chest stuffiness

6 (0.10)

6 (0.18)

1 (0.03)

1 (0.05)

0.269

Dehydration

96 (1.57)

56 (1.67)

57 (1.89)

14 (0.76)

0.017

Decreased urine output

255 (4.17)

111 (3.31)

150 (4.96)

26 (1.41)

< 0.001

Cyanosis

1 (0.02)

2 (0.06)

1 (0.03)

0 (0.00)

0.562

Pale

25 (0.41)

14 (0.42)

33 (1.09)

4 (0.22)

< 0.001

Dizziness

9 (0.15)

5 (0.15)

1 (0.03)

0 (0.00)

0.164

Flushing

18 (0.29)

27 (0.81)

19 (0.63)

15 (0.81)

0.003

Shortness of breath

5 (0.08)

9 (0.27)

2 (0.07)

0 (0.00)

0.015

Diarrhea

    

< 0.001

Watery stool

5831 (95.78)

2951 (89.10)

2960 (98.37)

1683 (92.07)

 

Rice-water stool

9 (0.15)

8 (0.24)

5 (0.17)

5 (0.27)

 

Mucus stool

222 (3.65)

310 (9.36)

32 (1.06)

124 (6.78)

 

Pus and blood stool

21 (0.34)

33 (1.00)

6 (0.20)

9 (0.49)

 

Bloody stool

5 (0.08)

10 (0.30)

6 (0.20)

7 (0.38)