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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients admitted to ED and included in the study

From: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antigen detection in the Emergency Department: data from a pediatric cohort during the fourth COVID-19 wave in Italy

 

Total

Positive

Negative

P value

Patients (%)

1890

2.7% (n = 51)

97.3% (n = 1839)

 

Demographic data

 Median Age (months)

89

43

42.5

 

 Range Age (years)

0–14

0–14

0–14

 

 Male (%)

55% (n = 1040)

55% (n = 28)

55% (n = 1012)

> 0.05

 Female (%)

45% (n = 850)

45% (n = 23)

45% (n = 827)

> 0.05

Clinical features

 Fever (%)

43.9% (n = 830)

66.7% (n = 34)

43.3% (n = 796)

0.0009

 Cough (%)

35.7% (n = 675)

21.5% (n = 11)

36.1% (n = 664)

0.032

 Headache (%)

2.5% (n = 48)

7.8% (n = 4)

2.4% (n = 44)

0.0147

 Chest pain (%)

2.0% (n = 39)

3.9% (n = 2)

2.0% (n = 37)

> 0.05

 Abdominal pain (%)

3.0% (n = 57)

2% (n = 1)

3.0% (n = 56)

> 0.05

 Other symptoms (%)

 

27.4% (n = 14)

  

 Vaccination group A (%)

72% (n = 1366)

70.5% (n = 36)

72.3% (n = 1330)

> 0.05

 Vaccination group B (%)

22% (n = 409)

25.5% (n = 13)

21.5% (n = 396)

> 0.05

 Vaccination group C (%)

6% (n = 115)

4% (n = 2)

6.2% (n = 113)

> 0.05

 Hospitalized

20.2% (n = 382)

11.8% (n = 6)

20.4% (n = 376)

> 0.05

 Accessed to the ED by ambulance

2.7% (n = 51)

25.5% (n = 13)

2% (n = 38)

< 0.0001