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Table 4 Baseline characteristics, symptoms of the 200 children with pneumonia with and without small airway lesions

From: Epidemiological characteristics, clinical characteristics, and prognostic factors of children with atopy hospitalised with adenovirus pneumonia

Characteristics

Total (n = 200) n (%)

With small airway lesions (n = 34) n (%)

Without small airway lesions (n = 166) n (%)

X2/t-test

P value

Atopy

   

6.556

0.01*

 Yes

122 (61%)

26 (76.5%)

96 (59.6%)

  

 No

78 (39%)

8 (23.5%)

69 (41.4%)

  

Severe infection

   

13.975

0.01*

 Yes

80 (40%)

21 (61.8%)

59 (35.5%)

  

 No

120 (60%)

13 (38.2%)

107 (64.5%)

  

Fever

   

0.02

0.887

 Yes

110 (55%)

16 (47.1%)

80 (48.2%)

  

 No

90 (45%)

18 (52.9%)

86 (51.8%)

  

Duration of hospitalization

 

8.2 ± 1.1

8.3 ± 0.7

0.984

0.06

Family history of asthma

   

35.498

0.001*

 Yes

50 (25%)

20 (58.8%)

30 (18.1%)

  

 No

150 (75%)

14 (41.2%)

136 (81.9%)

  

Previous chest infection

   

0.041

0.84

 Yes

55 (27.5%)

9 (26.5%)

46 (27.7%)

  

 No

145 (72.5%)

25 (73.5%)

120 (72.3%)

  

Passive smoking

   

0.471

0.493

 Yes

54 (27%)

8 (23.5%)

46 (27.7%)

  

 No

146 (73%)

26 (76.5%)

120 (72.3%)

  

Personal history of asthma/wheeze

   

31.165

0.001*

 Yes

81 (67.5%)

25 (73.5%)

56 (33.7%)

  

 No

119 (23.5%)

9 (26.5%)

110 (66.3%)

  

HAdV infection

   

5.937

0.015*

 Yes

120 (60%)

23 (67.6%)

97 (58.4%)

  

 No

80 (40%)

11 (23.4%)

69 (41.6%)

  
  1. The bold values represent the factors that are significant differences between the two groups
  2. *P < 0.05, compare with the group without small airway lesions statistically significant