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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with COVID-19 confirmed by RT-PCR and stratified by asthma-like status

From: Persistent cough and asthma-like symptoms post COVID-19 hospitalization in children

Characteristic

All patients

No asthma

Asthma-like

P value

N (%)

69 (100)

42 (58.5)

27 (41.5)

 

Age(year)

  < 6

 

28 (41.8)

15 (35.7)

13 (48.1)

0.332

 6–12

 

28 (41.8)

20 (47.6)

8 (29.6)

 12–18

 

13 (16.4)

7 (16.7)

6 (22.2)

Sex

 Female

 

27 (39.1)

16 (38.1)

11 (40.7)

0.826

 Male

 

42 (60.9)

26 (61.9)

16 (59.3)

Family history of asthma

 Yes

 

18 (26.1)

1 (2.4)

17 (63.0)

 ≤ 0.001

 No

 

51 (73.9)

41 (97.6)

10 (37.0)

History asthma

 Yes

 

11 (15.94)

2 (4.76)

9 (33.33)

0.0016

 No

 

58 (84.06)

40 (95.24)

18 (66.67)

Family history of Allergic rhinitis

 Yes

 

26 (37.7)

3 (7.1)

23 (85.2)

≤ 0.001

 No

 

43 (62.3)

39 (92.9)

4 (14.8)

Allergic rhinitis

    

 Yes

 

28 (40.6)

5 (11.9)

23 (85.2)

 ≤ 0.001

 No

 

41 (59.4)

37 (88.1)

4 (14.8)