A clinical scoring system for pediatric hand-foot-mouth disease

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 2 Rash distribution across body regions in hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) and non-HFMD patients

Body part	Hard palate			Soft palate			Tongue			Buccal mucosa			Lip mucosa			Gums
Rash count	None	Few	Many	None	Few	Many	None	Few	Many	None	Few	Many	None	Few	Many	None	Few	Many
HFMD group	483	297	314	453	251	390	908	133	53	701	209	184	978	73	43	958	68	68
Non-HFMD group	229	72	40	210	68	63	317	16	8	277	47	17	318	15	8	317	11	13
χ² / t	61.766			48.248			20.794			41.324			4.457			7.733
P	< 0.001			< 0.001			< 0.001			< 0.001			0.11			0.021
Body part	Face			Chest			Back			Buttocks			Upper extremities			Fewer extremities
Rash count	None	Few	Many	None	Few	Many	None	Few	Many	None	Few	Many	None	Few	Many	None	Few	Many
HFMD group	1041	21	32	936	72	86	923	80	91	404	274	416	843	109	142	739	150	205
Non-HFMD group	316	14	11	253	30	58	246	33	62	192	74	75	265	34	42	241	48	52
χ² / t	5.342			27.527			30.341			44.226			0.104			2.164
P	0.07			< 0.001			< 0.001			< 0.001			0.95			0.34
Body part	Palm			Back of hand			Fingers			Foot- plantar surface			Foot- dorsal surface			Foot-digits
Rash count	None	Few	Many	None	Few	Many	None	Few	Many	None	Few	Many	None	Few	Many	None	Few	Many
HFMD group	260	446	388	749	218	127	583	305	206	494	351	249	781	189	124	596	290	208
Non-HFMD group	99	136	106	239	59	43	200	94	47	149	113	79	248	47	46	240	68	33
χ² / t	4.382			1.247			5.134			0.232			3.013			29.268
P	0.11			0.54			0.07			0.89			0.22			< 0.01

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