Table 1 Demography and clinical presentation data in study cohort
Parameter | Frequency % (n = 220) | Comments and p value |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
 1– ≤ 12 months | 50% (n = 110) | Occurrence of UTI is significantly high among infants (p = 0.03) |
 ≥ 12–60 months | 26% (n = 57) | |
 ≥ 60 months–12 years | 24% (n = 53) | |
Sex male: female in; | ||
 1–≤ 12 months | 40:60 | After 5 years of age male predominance was observed (p = 0.03) |
 ≥ 12–60 months | 42:58 | |
 ≥ 60 months–12 years | 54:46 | |
Ethnicity | ||
 Sinhala | 65% |  |
 Sri Lankan Moor | 26% | |
 Sri Lankan Tamil | 8% | |
 Other | 1% | |
Clinical presentation-prominent | ||
 Excessive crying | 7% | The most prominent clinical presentation/s were given and overlapping of symptoms were observed Fever was the commonest clinical presentations (p = 0.4) |
 Fever | 68% | |
 Vomiting | 36% | |
 Crying during micturition | 28% | |
 Crying prior to micturition | 24% | |
 Crying after micturition | 27% | |
 Hematuria | 22% | |
 Dysuria | 32% | |
 Frequency | 32% | |
 Loin pain | 26% | |
 Supra-pubic pain | 23% | |
 Drowsy | 4% | |