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Table 2 Clinical Characteristics of IM patients with normal and elevated ALT

From: Adenosine deaminase as a marker for the severity of infectious mononucleosis secondary to EBV in children

Parameters

IM1 group (n = 54)

IM2 group (n = 50)

Controls (n = 50)

P

Sex (male)

23 (42.6)

24 (48.0)

27 (54.0)

0.508

Age (years)

3.2 (1.9–4.4)

2.8 (2.0–4.0)

3.2 (2.2–5.1)

0.377

Disease course (days)

3.0 (3.0–4.0)

4.0 (3.0–4.0)

3.0 (2.8–4.0)

0.148

Peak of fever (℃)

39.2 (38.7–39.5)

39.1 (38.9–39.5)

39.3 (39.0–40.0)

0.07

Pharyngitis

47 (87.0)

41 (82.0)

42 (84.0)

0.775

Cervical lymphadenopathy

54 (100.0)a

49 (98.0)a

30(60%)b

< 0.01

Hepatomegaly

15 (27.8)a

16 (32.0)a

(0.0%) b

< 0.01

Splenomegaly

18 (33.3)a

21 (42.0)a

(0.0%)b

< 0.01

Rash

9 (16.7)

7 (14.0)

5 (10%)

0.610

Puffy eyelid

39 (72.2) a

34 (68.0)a

(0.0%)b

< 0.01

  1. The data are reported as median (interquartile range) or n (%). The univariate analyses were performed using Kruskal-Wallis test for skewed distributed data and the chi-square test or fisher′s exact test for categorical variables. IM1 group represents the normal ALT group, IM2 group represents elevated ALT group. P < 0.05 between a and b