Table 3 Additional clinical variables
From: A clinical scoring system for pediatric hand-foot-mouth disease
Fever | Fever to rash duration (days) | Low fever (37–38 °C) | Intermediate fever (38–39 °C) | High fever (> 39) | Presence of cough | Gastrointestinal symptoms | WBC count (×109/L) | Neutrophil percentage (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HFMD group (1094 cases) | 756 | 0.58 ± 0.88 | 158 | 388 | 210 | 61 | 22 | 10.61 ± 3.65 | 49.2 ± 15.8 |
Non-HFMD group (341 cases) | 199 | 0.64 ± 1.14 | 47 | 93 | 59 | 17 | 10 | 9.44 ± 3.52 | 39.3 ± 15.6 |
χ2 / t | 13.487 | −0.69 | 1.397 | 0.645 | 1.013 | 5.212 | 10.166 | ||
P | < 0.001 | 0.49 | 0.50 | 0.42 | 0.34 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||