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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of pediatric CAP by age

From: Age-specific risk factors of severe pneumonia among pediatric patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia

 

Total

N = 20,174

< 6 m

N = 9291

6 m-1y

N = 3519

1y-2y

N = 3309

2y-6y

N = 4055

P

Gender (male) n(%)

13,165 (65.26)

6267 (67.45)

2458 (69.87)

2145 (64.82)

2295 (56.61)

<  0.0001

Symptoms on admission

 Cough

17,907 (88.76)

8069 (86.85)

3199 (90.91)

2940 (88.85)

3699 (91.22)

<  0.0001

 Fever

8767 (43.46)

1668 (17.95)

1850 (52.57)

2211 (66.82)

3038 (74.92)

<  0.0001

 Wheezing

2962 (14.68)

1352 (14.55)

825 (23.44)

469 (14.17)

316 (7.79)

<  0.0001

 Breathless

99 (0.49)

69 (0.74)

13 (0.37)

11 (0.33)

6 (0.15)

<  0.0001

 Cyanosis

352 (1.74)

308 (3.32)

22 (0.63)

18 (0.54)

4 (0.10)

<  0.0001

X-ray Manifestation

 Normal

3769 (27.66)

1483 (23.34)

758 (32.84)

627 (29.10)

901 (32.05)

<  0.0001

 Pneumonia

8939 (65.59)

4401 (69.26)

1421 (61.57)

1413 (65.57)

1704 (60.62)

 Others

920 (6.75)

470 (7.40)

129 (5.59)

115 (5.34)

206 (7.33)

CHD n(%)

2729 (13.53)

2172 (23.38)

320 (9.09)

152 (4.59)

85 (2.10)

<  0.0001

History of pneumonia n(%)

2757 (13.67)

947 (10.19)

634 (18.02)

539 (16.29)

637 (15.71)

<  0.0001

Severe pneumonia n(%)

3309 (16.40)

2187 (23.54)

377 (10.71)

353 (10.67)

392 (9.67)

< 0.0001

Had complications n(%)

10,434 (51.72)

4962 (53.41)

1839 (52.26)

1724 (52.10)

1909 (47.08)

< 0.0001

Treatment

 ICU admission

2824 (14.00)

1949 (20.98)

319 (9.07)

282 (8.52)

274 (6.76)

< 0.0001

 Mechanical ventilation

378 (14.83)

229 (13.05)

47 (16.97)

42 (16.15)

60 (23.35)

< 0.0001

  1. CAP Community-acquired pneumonia, CHD Congenital heart disease, ICU Intensive care unit