Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of children infected by HRVs with or without co-infection
Parameters | Single infection | Co-infections | P Value |
|---|---|---|---|
Demographic characteristics | |||
Age, mean (25–75%) | 23.9 (5.8–29) | 22.0 (5.9–31) | 0.988 |
Sex, male (%) | 310 (66.4) | 162 (67.5) | 0.765 |
Median duration of stay in hospital, days | 7.6 ± 2.7 | 8.4 ± 2.7 | 0.017 |
Clinical manifestation | |||
Cough, n (%) | 452 (96.8) | 232 (96.7) | 0.931 |
Wheezing, n (%) | 225 (48.2) | 118 (49.2) | 0.804 |
Rhinorrhea, n (%) | 206 (44.1) | 91 (37.9) | 0.114 |
Fever, n (%) | 186 (39.8) | 125 (52.1) | 0.002 |
Tachypnea, n (%) | 105 (22.5) | 74 (30.8) | 0.016 |
Dyspnea, n (%) | 52 (11.1) | 27 (11.3) | 0.963 |
Cyanosis, n (%) | 10 (2.1) | 5 (2.1) | 0.960 |
Laboratory examination | |||
White blood cells, (×109/ml) | 11.7 ± 5.0 | 11.1 ± 4.3 | 0.380 |
Neutrophils, (%) | 43.7 ± 21.5 | 47.9 ± 20.4 | 0.173 |
Platelets, (×109/ml) | 380 ± 121 | 382 ± 115 | 0.920 |
C-reaction protein, mg/L, mean (25%–75%) | 5.4 (0.1–8.4) | 6.3 (0.1–11.8) | 0.380 |