Clinical characterisation and phylogeny of respiratory syncytial virus infection in hospitalised children at Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, Cape Town

Table 1 Age and pre-existing conditions other than HIV infection

Parameter	N = 226
Median age (Months)	2.8
IQR	1.3–6.3
Age group (months)
0 – <1	31 (13.7 %)
1- < 3	84 (37.2 %)
3- < 6	45 (19.9 %)
6 – <24	60 (26.5 %)
≥ 24	6 (2.7 %)
Pre-existing conditions other than HIV infection	N = 113 (50.0 %)
Prematurity	58 (51.3 %)
Congenital heart disease	34 (30.1 %)
Chronic lung disease	20 (17.7 %)
Previous IPPV	17 (15.0 %)
Trisomy 21	13 (11.5 %)
Previous cardiac surgery	7 (6.2 %)
^a Other conditions	7 (6.2 %)

^a Other conditions: Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease (n = 1), Guillain-Barré syndrome (n = 1), VATER (Vertebral defects, anal atresia, cardiac defects, tracheo-esophageal fistula and renal anomalies) syndrome (1), cerebral palsy (n = 2) and other chromosomal abnormalities (n = 2)

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