Safety of a Bioactive Polyphenol Dietary Supplement in Pediatric Subjects with Acute Diarrhoea
Table 2
Admission characteristics of subjects aged 6 to 23 months.
Characteristic
ORS + LifeDrops
ORS + water
Age (months)
Mean (a)
11
11
Weight (kg)
Mean (a)
8.6
9
Radial pulse (per min)
Mean (a)
130
131
Rectal temperature (°C)
Mean (a)
37.2
37.2
Respiration rate (per min)
Mean (a)
31
31
Blood pressure (mmHg)
Mean systolic (a)
90
92
Mean diastolic (a)
61
61
Duration of diarrhoea (hrs)
(in past 24 hours)
Mean (a)
26
30
History of vomiting (%) (b)
100%
91%
Frequency of emesis (in past 24 hrs)
Mean (a)
7
8
Enteropathogens [number of cases (%)]
Enteroaggregative E. coli (c)
10 (45%)
10 (43%)
Enteropathogenic E. coli (c)
3 (14%)
2 (9%)
Enterotoxigenic E. coli (c)
3 (14%)
2 (9%)
Shigella spp. (c)
1 (4%)
0
Vibrio cholera (c)
0
1 (4%)
Rotavirus (c)
20 (91%)
17 (74%)
No viral or bacterial
enteropathogen isolated (c)
1 (4%)
2 (9%)
(a) No significant difference using Student’s -test. (b) No significant difference using Chi-squared test. (c) No significant difference using two-sample -test.
