Variable Breastfed with Shigella Breastfed non-Shigella OR; (95% CI) p value
  n=205 (%) n=2073 (%)    
Blood in stool 135 (66) 439 (21) 5.85 (4.27, 8.02) <0.001
Vomiting 88 (43) 1158 (56) 0.59 (0.44, 0.80) <0.001
Abdominal pain 159 (78) 1347 (65) 1.86 (1.31, 2.66) <0.001
Rectal straining 145 (71) 849 (41) 3.48 (2.52, 4.83) <0.001
Cough 83 (41) 934 (45) 0.83 (0.61, 1.12) 0.237
Fever 128 (62) 884 (43) 2.24 (1.65, 3.04) <0.001
Convulsion 9 (4) 13 (1) 7.28 (2.83, 18.44) <0.001
Excessive stool frequency1 77 (38) 756 (37) 1.05 (0.77, 1.42) 0.815
Duration of diarrhea        
  0-72 hrs 146 (71) 1504 (73) 1.07 (0.77, 1.48) 0.744
>72 hrs 59 (29) 569 (27)    
Table 2: Clinical characteristics with nutritional status of breastfed children aged 0-23 months with and without Shigella infection. 1>10 stools/24 hours.