Table 1 Characteristics and symptoms of HFMD patients according to different enterovirus genotypes

Age (M)

33.8 ± 20.3

26.4 ± 14.8

25.6 ± 12.2^*

16.6 ± 7.8^*/#

33.8 ± 8.5

31.6 ± 19.2

Male, n(%)

119 (64.3)

16 (66.7)

17 (65.4)

6 (85.7)

9 (45)

183 (63.1)

Hospital stay (d)

4.1 ± 2.4

2.9 ± 0.8^*

2.9 ± 1.0^*

3.4 ± 1.4

3.3 ± 1.4^*

3.7 ± 1.5

Fever (>37°C), n(%)

175 (94.6)

20 (83.3)^*

26 (100)

7 (100)

20 (100)

275 (94.8)

Vomiting, n(%)

72 (39.0)

6 (25)

0 (0)^*

0 (0)^*

5 (25)

98 (33.8)

Limb shaking, n(%)

41 (22.2)

1 (4.2)^*

3 (11.5)

0 (0)

0 (0)^*

47 (16.2)

Babinski’s sign, n(%) and/or Brudzinski’s sign, n(%)

5 (2.7)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

7 (2.4)

Complication, n(%)

107 (57.8)

4 (16.7)^*

7 (26.9)^*

3 (42.9)

5 (25)^*

142 (49.0)