Viral coinfection in acute respiratory infection in Mexican children treated by the emergency service: A cross-sectional study

Table 4 Demographic and clinical characteristics of subjects with multiple or simple infection

	Coinfection n = 34	Simple infection n = 59	OR (95% CI)	P value
Demographic, n (%)
Age of ≤ 6 months	11 (32.4)	8 (13.6)	3.04 (1.08-8.6)	0.03
Sex, male	20 (58.8)	33 (55.9)	1.1 (0.5-2.6)	0.79
Use of wood biofuel	6 (17.6)	4 (6.8)	2.9 (0.8-11.3)	0.10
Overcrowding	18 (52.9)	18 (30.5)	2.6 (1.1-6.1)	0.03
Floor other than soil	34 (100)	57 (96.6)	-	-
Without breastfeeding	5 (15.6)	7 (11.9)	1.37 (0.4-4.7)	0.61
Breastfeeding < 6 months*	1 (11.1)	6 (17.6)	0.58 (0.06-5.58)	0.99
The patient was born as a twin	0 (0)	1 (1.7)	-	0.44
Clinical, n (%)
Chronic disease	2 (5.9)	8 (13.6)	0.39 (0.1-1.9)	0.25
Severe ARI**	28 (82.4)	45 (76.3)	1.45 (0.50-4.22)	0.49
Nutritional status*** Underweight Excess weight‡ Normal weight	6 (30.0) 3 (15.0) 11 (55.0)	8 (18.6) 15 (34.9) 20 (46.5)	1.36 (0.38-4.95) 0.36 (0.09-1.54) 1.0	0.64 0.16

Proportions were compared by using the chi-square test. CI: confidence interval; OR: odds ratio.
*Only in children who are more than 6 months old.
**Severe acute respiratory infection (ARI) was defined as respiratory distress (Official Mexican Norm NOM-031-SSA2-1999).
***Nutritional status assessed by body mass index according to Child Growth Standards (World Health Organization). There were 30 children in whom it was not possible to measure weight or height.
‡Overweight or obesity was included in excess weight.

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