Variables | Zinc group N (%) | Vit D group N (%) | Control group N (%) | P value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Respiratory distress | First day | Yes | 21 (70.0) | 25 (75.8) | 20 (64.5) | 0.617 |
No | 9 (30.0) | 8 (24.2) | 11 (35.5) | |||
Third day | Yes | 9 (39.1) | 3 (13.6) | 11 (40.7) | 0.086 | |
No | 14 (60.9) | 19 (86.4) | 16 (59.3) | |||
Seventh day | Yes | 1 (16.7) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (42.9) | 0.259 | |
No | 5 (83.3) | 6 (100.0) | 4 (57.1) | |||
Wheezing | First day | Yes | 30 (100.0) | 33 (100.0) | 31 (100.0) | 1.000* |
No | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
Third day | Yes | 8 (34.8) | 8 (36.4) | 9 (33.3) | 0.976 | |
No | 15 (65.2 | 14 (63.6) | 18 (66.7) | |||
Seventh day | Yes | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (42.9) | 0.077* | |
No | 6 (100.0) | 6 (100.0) | 4 (57.1) | |||
Cyanosis | First day | Yes | 3 (10.0) | 5 (15.2) | 5 (16.1) | 0.758 |
No | 27 (90.0) | 28 (84.8) | 26 (83.9) | |||
Third day | Yes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000* | |
No | 23 (100.0) | 22 (100.0) | 27 (100.0) | |||
Seventh day | Yes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000* | |
No | 6 (100.0) | 6 (100.0) | 7 (100.0) | |||
Respiratory rate | First day | 46.4 ± 10.4 | 48.3 ± 13.9 | 52.3 ± 12.9 | 0.002** 0.562*** | |
Third day | 41.1 ± 9.1 | 37.8 ± 3.9 | 45.2 ± 10.7 | |||
Seventh day | 38.2 ± 7.3 | 38.5 ± 3.6 | 43.3 ± 9.5 | |||
O2 saturation | First day | 92.3 ± 3.8 | 89.7 ± 9.5 | 92.8 ± 2.5 | 0.548*** | |
Third day | 95.7 ± 2.7 | 94 ± 3.5 | 97 ± 0.7 | 0.320*** | ||
Seventh day | 96.2 ± 0.7 | 95.8 ± 0.8 | 97 ± 0.9 | 0.561*** | ||
Duration of hospitalization | 4.4 ± 2.2 | 4.2 ± 2.6 | 5.1 ± 2.4 | 0.326 |