From: Association of sputum microbiota profiles with severity of community-acquired pneumonia in children
 |  | LOS | ICU admission | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
<4 days | ≥ 4 days |  | No | Yes |  | ||
Characteristic | N (%) | (%) | (%) | P value | (%) | (%) | P value |
Age 6Â months to <5Â years | |||||||
Demographic | |||||||
  Race/Ethnicity |  |  |  | 0.35 |  |  | 0.64 |
  White | 28 (10.6) | 10.6 | 10.9 |  | 10.1 | 15.4 |  |
  Black | 210 (79.8) | 81.4 | 75.0 |  | 80.6 | 73.1 |  |
  Other | 25 (9.5) | 8.0 | 14.1 |  | 9.3 | 11.5 |  |
 Gender |  |  |  | 0.87 |  |  | 0.67 |
  Female | 121 (46.0) | 45.7 | 46.9 |  | 45.6 | 50.0 |  |
  Male | 124 (54.0) | 54.3 | 53.1 |  | 54.4 | 50.0 |  |
Fall/winter season | 157 (59.7) | 59.3 | 60.9 | 0.82 | 60.7 | 50.0 | 0.29 |
 Environmental tobacco smoke exposure | 27 (10.4) | 11.8 | 6.3 | 0.21 | 9.9 | 15.4 | 0.32 |
 Medical History | |||||||
  Asthma/reactive airway disease | 126 (47.9) | 44.7 | 57.8 | 0.07 | 46.8 | 57.7 | 0.29 |
  Chronic conditions other than asthma | 63 (24.0) | 22.1 | 29.7 | 0.22 | 23.6 | 26.9 | 0.71 |
  Prior antibiotics | 59 (22.4) | 22.6 | 21.9 | 0.90 | 22.4 | 23.1 | 0.93 |
  Pneumococcal vaccinea | 256 (98.5) | 98.5 | 98.4 | 0.97 | 98.7 | 96.0 | 0.29 |
 Respiratory virus positive | |||||||
  RSV | 110 (41.8) | 42.7 | 39.1 | 0.61 | 43.9 | 23.1 | 0.04 |
  Rhinovirus | 89 (33.8) | 36.2 | 26.6 | 0.16 | 35.4 | 19.2 | 0.10 |
Age 5 to <18Â years | |||||||
Demographic | |||||||
  Race/Ethnicity |  |  |  | 0.81 |  |  | 0.73 |
  White | 19 (15.8) | 16.5 | 14.6 |  | 16.7 | 12.5 |  |
  Black | 93 (77.5) | 76.0 | 80.5 |  | 76.0 | 83.3 |  |
  Other | 8 (6.7) | 7.6 | 4.9 |  | 7.3 | 4.2 |  |
 Gender |  |  |  | 0.05 |  |  | 0.16 |
  Female | 50 (41.7) | 35.4 | 53.7 |  | 38.5 | 54.2 |  |
  Male | 70 (58.3) | 64.6 | 46.3 |  | 61.5 | 45.8 |  |
 Fall/winter season | 68 (56.7) | 58.2 | 53.7 |  | 57.3 | 54.2 | 0.78 |
 Environmental tobacco smoke exposure | 17 (14.2) | 15.2 | 12.2 | 0.66 | 14.6 | 12.5 | 1.00 |
Medical History | |||||||
  Asthma/reactive airway disease | 77 (64.2) | 73.4 | 46.3 | 0.003 | 64.6 | 62.5 | 0.85 |
  Chronic conditions other than asthma | 29 (24.2) | 19.0 | 34.2 | 0.07 | 20.8 | 37.5 | 0.09 |
  Prior antibiotics | 23 (19.2) | 16.5 | 24.4 | 0.30 | 19.8 | 16.7 | 0.73 |
  Pneumococcal vaccineb | 91 (76.5) | 83.5 | 62.5 | 0.01 | 80.2 | 60.9 | 0.05 |
Respiratory virus positive | |||||||
  RSV | 13 (10.8) | 12.7 | 7.3 | 0.37 | 9.4 | 16.7 | 0.30 |
  Rhinovirus | 59 (49.2) | 55.7 | 36.6 | 0.05 | 46.9 | 58.3 | 0.32 |