Table 1 Demographic and clinical data of study population
Number (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | All children with Npha culture (n = 340) | Children with growth of either Pncb and/ or Hic (n = 178) | Children with growth of either PNSPd and/ or beta-lactamase producing Hie and/ or BLNARf (n = 40) | Questionnaire only (n = 82) |
Female | 162 (48) | 92 (52) | 14 (35) | 41 (50) |
Age (0-5 years) | 275 (81) | 160 (90) | 38 (95) | 65 (79) |
Hospital care last 6 months | 11 (3) | 7 (4) | 2 (5) | 1 (1) |
Abroad last 3 months | 81 (24) | 43 (24) | 10 (25) | 21 (26) |
Parents smoking | 43 (13) | 16 (9) | 2 (5) | 10 (12) |
Day care: | ||||
Attending day care centre | 224 (67) | 137 (77) | 33 (83) | 56 (68) |
Attending school | 60 (18) | 7 (4) | 1 (3) | 16 (20) |
Home | 52 (15) | 24 (14) | 6 (15) | 9 (11) |
Respiratory tract disease (asthma/ allergy) | 34 (10) | 20 (11) | 1 (3) | 9 (11) |
Pneumococcal vaccination: | ||||
Don’t know | 94 (28) | 40 (22) | 9 (23) | 30 (37) |
Yes | 218 (64) | 128 (72) | 28 (70) | 46 (56) |
No | 28 (8) | 10 (6) | 3 (8) | 6 (7) |
Number of antibiotic treatments during last 12 months: | ||||
> 3 | 22 (6) | 11 (6) | 4 (10) | 6 (7) |
1-2 | 98 (29) | 46 (26) | 12 (30) | 19 (23) |
None | 182 (54) | 105 (59) | 21 (53) | 57 (70) |
Antibiotic treatment within the last 4 weeks | 32 (9) | 15 (8) | 7 (18) | 5 (6) |