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Table 2 Comparison of demographics and clinical characteristics of hospitalized and non-hospitalized patients of HAdV infection between 2011 and 2014 epidemics

From: Comparative study of clinical and epidemiological characteristics of major pediatric adenovirus epidemics in southern Taiwan

Variables

2011 epidemics

2014 epidemics

Significance of comparisons

Non-hospitalization

Hospitalization

Non-hospitalization

Hospitalization

P value1

P value2

P value3

Age

5.0 ± 3.1

4.4 ± 3.5

5.1 ± 3.3

4.7 ± 3.5

0.045

0.209

0546

Gender (M/F ratio)

1.08

1.57

1.33

1.63

0.072

0.297

0.671

Co-infection

7 (1.6)

8 (4.2)

6 (1.7)

16 (10.1)

0.081

< 0.001*

0.031

Underlying disease

29 (6.5)

28 (14.8)

8 (2.3)

23 (14.6)

0.001*

< 0.001*

0.946

Diagnosis

 Acute pharyngitis/PCF

350 (78.5)

73 (38.6)

284 (80.7)

101 (63.9)

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

 Bronchiolitis/bronchopneumonia

60 (13.5)

74 (39.2)

55 (15.6)

58 (36.7)

< 0.001

< 0.001*

0.640

 Pneumonia

1 (0.2)

20 (10.6)

0 (0.0)

8 (5.1)

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.006

 Acute gastro-enterocolitis

34 (7.6)

26 (13.8)

16 (4.5)

14 (8.9)

0.016

0.055

0.155

Clinical manifestation

 Fever

378 (84.8)

168 (88.9)

352 (100.0)

158 (100.0)

0.17

–

< 0.001*

 Injected throat

406 (91.0)

157 (83.1)

344 (97.7)

152 (96.2)

0.004

0.381

< 0.001*

 Cough

259 (58.1)

151 (79.9)

282 (80.1)

140 (88.6)

< 0.001*

0.019

0.028*

 Rhinorrhea

229 (51.3)

112 (59.3)

271 (77.0)

132 (83.5)

0.067

0.093

< 0.001*

 Conjunctivitis

35 (7.8)

16 (8.5)

46 (13.1)

23 (14.6)

0.793

0.649

0.074

 Abdominal pain

66 (14.8)

33 (17.5)

59 (16.8)

30 (19.0)

0.398

0.540

0.713

 Diarrhea

97 (21.7)

56 (29.6)

43 (12.2)

44 (27.8)

0.034

< 0.001*

0.715

 Vomiting

146 (32.7)

72 (38.1)

75 (21.3)

61 (38.6)

0.193

< 0.001*

0.922

Laboratory monitor

 WBC (cells/μL)

5051 ± 6336

12,044 ± 5983

6000 ± 6683

13,130 ± 5825

< 0.001

< 0.001*

0.089

 ANC (cells/μL)

14,857 ± 77,292

8312 ± 5207

15,095 ± 101,895

9076 ± 4865

0.217

0.465

0.163

 ALC (cells/μL)

2138 ± 1500

2624 ± 2307

2456 ± 1608

2670 ± 2097

0.015

0.286

0.847

 CRP (mg/L)

47.6 ± 33.4

80.8 ± 71.5

52.4 ± 39.5

77.4 ± 63.3

< 0.001*

< 0.001*

0.641

Survival rates

445 (99.8)

188 (99.5)

352 (100.0)

158 (100.0)

–

–

0.360

  1. Note: M/F ratio, male to female ratio; PCF, pharyngoconjunctival fever; WBC, white blood cell counts; ANC, absolute neutrophil counts; ALC, absolute lymphocyte counts; CRP, C-reactive protein
  2. 123, p-value of comparison between non-hospitalization and hospitalization in 12011 epidemics, 22014 epidemics, and p-value of 3comparison between 2011 and 2014 epidemics given hospitalization
  3. * P < 0.05