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Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients tested and not tested for RSV

From: Evaluation of case definitions to detect respiratory syncytial virus infection in hospitalized children below 5 years in Rural Western Kenya, 2009–2013

 

Tested N = 3810

Untested N = 904

p-value

 

n (%)

n (%)

 

Patient characteristics

   

Age

(n = 3810)

(n = 904)

 

  < 1 years

1756(46.1)

418(46.2)

0.94

 1- < 5 years

2054(53.9)

486(53.8)

 

 Mean age (years)a

1.4(1.1)

1.4(1.1)

0.99

Gender

(n = 3810)

(n = 904)

 

 Male

2056(54.0)

524(58.0)

0.03

Illness Severity

   

Death

(n = 3810)

(n = 904)

 

 Discharged dead

103(2.7)

177(19.6)

<0.01

Oxygen saturation

(n = 3796)

(n = 900)

 

  < 90 %

628(16.5)

157(17.4)

0.52

 Mean Oxygen saturationa

93.7(6.8)

93.4(7.6)

0.26

  1. aMean(sd) for the continuous variables