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Table 1 The clinical characteristics of the RSV vs. non RSV cases

From: Acute lower respiratory tract infection due to respiratory syncytial virus in a group of Egyptian children under 5 years of age

 

RSV

(n = 70)

Non-RSV (n = 357)

P-value

Mean Age ± std. deviation (months)

8.2 (± 11.5)

14.2 (± 14.37)

0.001

Mean Weight ± std. deviation (kg)

6.7(± 3.3)

8.5(± 5.4)

0.006

Patients with small weight for age (%)

21.2%

37.8%

0.024

Mean Respiratory rate ± std. deviation (/min) in patients 2-11 mo

58.4 (± 9.2)

52.7 (± 9.3)

<0.001

Mean Respiratory rate ± std. deviation (/min) in patients 12-59 mo

47.7(± 8.53)

46.8(± 8.48)

0.724

Tachypnea (%)

62.9%

54.9%

0.137

Wheezes (%)

7.1%

9.8%

0.635

Difficult breathing (%)

98

91

0.053

Chest in-drawing (%)

88

74

0.014

Cough (%)

100

97

0.18

Inability to feed (%)

52

44

0.13

Convulsions (%)

1.7

3.3

0.4

Past history of pneumonia (%)

14

31

0.003

Supplemental Oxygen (%)

46

23.5

<0.001

Hospitalization (%)

37.1

11.2

<0.001

Admission to ICU (%)

1.5

1.1

0.59

Case fatality rate (%)

1.4

0.3

<0.001