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Table 1 Clinical features of children with mild and moderate COVID-19

From: Clinical and imaging features of pediatric COVID-19

Clinical features

Mild(nā€‰=ā€‰30)

Moderate(nā€‰=ā€‰11)

X2

P

No.

Rate(%)

No.

Rate(%)

Age(y,meanā€‰Ā±ā€‰SD)

6.40ā€‰Ā±4.31

4.67ā€‰Ā±ā€‰4.12

1.147

0.259

Sex (%) Boy

19

63.3

4

36.4

1.408

1.408

Girl

11

36.7

7

63.6

Ā Ā 

Exposure to SARS-CoV-2

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

0.000

1.000

ā€ƒFamily cluster

24

80.0

9

81.8

Ā Ā 

ā€ƒOther exposure

6

20.0

2

18.2

Ā Ā 

Fever

15

50.0

9

81.8

2.174

0.140

ā€ƒLow (37.2ā€“38ā€‰Ā°C)

8

53.3

3

33.3

Ā Ā 

ā€ƒMediate (38.1ā€“39ā€‰Ā°C)

5

33.3

5

55.6

Ā Ā 

ā€ƒHigh (39.1ā€“41ā€‰Ā°C)

2

13.3

1

11.1

Ā Ā 

ā€ƒUltra-high (over41Ā°C)

0

0.0

0

0.0

Ā Ā 

Cough

3

10.0

5

45.5

4.382

0.036

Runny nose

3

10.0

1

9.1

0.000

1.000

Nasal congestion

1

3.3

0

0.0

-*

1.000

Eye pain

1

3.3

0

0.0

-*

1.000

Diarrhea

2

6.7

0

0.0

-*

1.000

Peripheral leukocyte

ā€ƒnormal

29

96.7

9

81.8

-*

0.170

ā€ƒabnormal

1

3.3

2

18.2

Peripheral lymphocyte

ā€ƒnormal

23

76.7

7

63.6

0.191

0.662

ā€ƒabnormal

7

23.3

4

36.4

  1. Note: * Fisher exact probability test. Mild disease indicates the disease which has mild clinical symptoms, with no pneumonia shown on imaging. Moderate disease is characterized by fever, respiratory tract and other symptoms, with pneumonia shown on imaging