Research Article
Is There Significant Difference between Digital and Glass Mercury Thermometer?
Table 7
Comparison groups in relation to sociodemographic and other variables.
| SN | Sociodemographic and other variables | Observation | 10 min GMT and digital | MD ± SD | value |
| 1 | Age | | | | | 0–28 days | 4 | 0.10 ± 0.16 | 0.31 | | 29 days–1 year | 30 | 0.14 ± 0.10 | 0.00 | | 1–3 years | 34 | 0.13 ± 0.11 | 0.00 | | 3–5 years | 30 | 0.13 ± 0.10 | 0.00 |
| 2 | Time of measurement | | | | | Morning | 67 | 0.12 ± 0.11 | 0.00 | | Afternoon | 31 | 0.14 ± 10 | 0.00 |
| 3 | Taking antipyretic | | | | | Yes | 8 | 0.16 ± 0.12 | 0.01 | | No | 90 | 0.13 ± 0.10 | 0.00 |
| 4 | Axillary | | | | | Rt GMT and Lt DT | 49 | 0.13 ± 0.10 | 0.00 | | Lt GMT and Rt DT | 49 | 0.12 ± 10 | 0.00 |
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