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Table 4 Laboratory and Radiographic Findings between the Research Group and the Control Group

From: Human adenovirus Coinfection aggravates the severity of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in children

Characteristics

Control group (n = 90)

Research group (n = 30)

P value

Leukocyte count (× 10^9/L), median

7.355 (2.9–20.4)

6.995 (3.8–20.9)

0.833

Neutrophil (%), mean

58.8 ± 12.9 (26.4–86.2)

59.4 ± 12.1 (31.0–86.0)

0.805

Lymphocyte (%), mean

30.8 ± 12.1 (8.9–64.9)

31.1 ± 10.7 (9.9–56.4)

0.880

Anemia, n

14 (15.6%)

7 (23.3%)

0.239

Platelet (×10^9/L), median

305 (90–680)

264 (111–644)

0.01

C-reactive protein> 8 mg/L, n

51 (56.7%)

16 (53.3%)

0.456

Elevated serum CK-MB, n

2 (2.2%)

2 (6.7%)

0.263

Abnormal ECG, na

36 (46.7%)

10 (45.5%)

0.555

Decrease PaO2, nb

0

0

LDH (U/L), median

322 (172–1820)

348 (190–693)

0.337

Elevated serum PCT, n

43 (47.8%)

18 (60%)

0.407

Multilobar infiltrates, n

61 (67.8%)

21 (70%)

0.506

Pleural effusion, n

23 (25.6%)

8 (26.7%)

0.54

Rash, n

6 (6.7%)

1 (3.3%)

0.44

Myocardial damage, n

37 (41.1%)

11 (36.7%)

0.418

Liver damage, n

12 (13.3%)

1 (3.3%)

0.112

  1. aThe ECG results were observed for 77 cases in the control group and 22 in the research group
  2. bThe results of the arterial blood gas analysis were found for 51 cases in the control group and 23 cases in the research group