Variables | 2011 epidemics | 2014 epidemics | Significance of comparisons | ||||
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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 |