Table 6 Clinical features of 759 children admitted with respiratory syncytial virus and other respiratory viruses to a Kenyan district hospital in 2007
Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) p valuea | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No virus N=334 | Any virus N=425 | RSV only N=206 | RSV + another virus N=54 | Non-RSV virus N=165 | ||||||||||
Age (months) | 11.3 | (3.8 to 24) | 7.5 | (2.7 to 18) | <0.001 | 6.1 | (2.5 to 13) | <0.001 | 7.5 | (2.7 to 16) | 0.011 | 10 | (4.5 to 20) | 0.39 |
Inpatient stay (days) | 4 | (2 to 6) | 3 | (2 to 5) | 0.17 | 3 | (2 to 5) | 0.07 | 4 | (3 to 6) | 0.80 | 4 | (2 to 6) | 0.56 |
No. | (%) | No. | (%) | p valuea | No. | (%) | p valuea | No. | (%) | p valuea | No. | (%) | p valuea | |
No virus N=334 | Any virus N=425 | RSV only N=206 | RSV + another virus N=54 | Non-RSV virus | N=165 | |||||||||
Very severe pneumonia | 73 | (22) | 53 | (13) | 0.001 | 22 | (11) | 0.001 | 8 | (15) | 0.24 | 23 | (14) | 0.35 |
Wheeze | 50 | (15) | 59 | (14) | 0.67 | 30 | (15) | 0.90 | 8 | (15) | 0.98 | 2 | (13) | 0.50 |
Hypoxia | 40 | (13) | 40 | (9) | 0.13 | 18 | (8.7) | 0.14 | 8 | (15) | 0.70 | 14 | (8.5) | 0.14 |
Capillary refill ≥3 seconds | 16 | (4.8) | 10 | (2.4) | 0.07 | 1 | (0.5) | 0.004 | 1 | (1.9) | 0.49 | 8 | (4.9) | 0.98 |
Severe anaemia | 15 | (4.6) | 12 | (2.9) | 0.23 | 3 | (1.5) | 0.082 | 1 | (1.9) | 0.71 | 8 | (4.9) | 0.85 |
History of prematurity | 17 | (7.8) | 14 | (4.1) | 0.07 | 5 | (2.9) | 0.046 | 2 | (4.4) | 0.54 | 7 | (5.7) | 0.49 |
Congenital heart disease | 12 | (3.6) | 5 | (1.2) | 0.05 | 2 | (1.0) | 0.09 | 0 | (0) | 0.23 | 3 | (1.8) | 0.40 |
HIV | 26 | (8.0) | 26 | (6.2) | 0.35 | 8 | (4.0) | 0.07 | 4 | (7.6) | 1 | 14 | (8.6) | 0.82 |
Severe malnutrition | 26 | (7.8) | 18 | (4.2) | 0.04 | 5 | (2.4) | 0.009 | 2 | (3.7) | 0.40 | 11 | (6.7) | 0.65 |
Bacteraemia | 20 | (6.0) | 16 | (3.8) | 0.15 | 5 | (2.4) | 0.056 | 2 | (3.7) | 0.75 | 9 | (5.5) | 0.81 |
Death | 16 | (4.8) | 8 | (1.9) | 0.02 | 2 | (1.0) | 0.023 | 0 | (0) | 0.14 | 6 | (3.6) | 0.56 |