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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients

From: Estimating the economic burden of respiratory syncytial virus infections in infants in Vietnam: a cohort study

Characteristics

Outpatients

Inpatients at RD

ICU**

Total

(N = 210)

RSV positive

(n = 21)

RSV negative

(n = 189)

Total

(N = 318)

RSV positive

(n = 84)

RSV negative

(n = 234)

Total

(n = 8)

Age in months, median (IQR)

8 (5–14)

8 (6–17)

8 (5–14)

6 (2–11)

3 (2–11)

6 (2–11)

2.5 (1–3.5)

Number of females, n (%)

76 (36.2)

8 (38.1)

68 (36.0)

138 (43.5)

40 (47.6)

98 (42.1)

3 (37.5)

Number in HCMC, n (%)

104 (49.5)

12 (57.1)

92 (48.7)

123 (38.8)

30 (35.7)

93 (39.7)

2 (25.0)

Number of people living in household, median (IQR)

4 (4–6)

4 (4–6)

4 (4–6)

4 (4–5)

4 (4–5)

4 (4–5)

4 (4–5.5)

Number of children under 5 years old living in household, median (IQR)

1 (1–2)

1 (1–1)

1 (1–2)

1 (1–2)

1 (1–2)

1 (1–2)

1 (1–2.5)

Primary caregiver education of high school or higher, n (%)

96/170 (56.5)

7/15 (46.7)

89/155 (57.4)

199/313 (63.6)

52 (61.9)

147 (64.2)

2 (25.0)

Diagnosis at admission

       

 Bronchiolitis, n (%)

116 (55.2)

19 (90.5)

97 (51.3)

24 (7.6)

11 (13.1)

13 (5.6)

0 (0)

 Pneumonia, n (%)

3 (1.4)

0 (0)

3 (1.6)

106 (33.4)

30 (35.7)

76 (32.6)

8 (100)

 Other LRTIs, n (%)

88 (41.9)

2 (9.5)

86 (45.5)

186 (58.7)

43 (51.2)

143 (61.4)

0 (0)

Oxygen saturation (SaO2)*

       

 SaO2 < 90%, n (%)

N/A

N/A

N/A

3 (0.9)

2 (2.4)

1 (0.4)

1 (12.5)

 SaO2 90–92

N/A

N/A

N/A

5 (1.6)

4 (4.8)

1 (0.4)

2 (25.0)

 SaO2 93 or above

N/A

N/A

N/A

177 (56.2)

70 (83.3)

107 (46.3)

5(62.5)

Duration of hospitalization in days, median (IQR)

N/A

N/A

N/A

7 (6–9)

7 (6–8)

7 (6–9)

24 (11.5–49.5)

  1. *Oxygen saturation (SaO2) was measured at admission as a marker of the severity of LRTIs (see method section)
  2. **No ICU cases were identified as RSV positive
  3. HCMC: Ho Chi Minh City; ICU: intensive care unit; IQR: interquartile range; LRTI: lower respiratory tract infection; RD: Respiratory Department; RSV: respiratory syncytial virus