Skip to main content

Table 1 Demographics, clinical characteristics and disease severity score in single virus infections

From: Single- and multiple viral respiratory infections in children: disease and management cannot be related to a specific pathogen

 

RSV

RV

hMPV

HCoV

FLU

HAdV

HBoV

PIV

p-value

N = 331 single pathogens

200

30

23

24

21

14

10

9

 

Age in months

mean (SD)

5.8 (6.4)

5.4(8.5)

10.2(11.45)

5.1(6.7)

15.1(23.2)

11.8(11.7)

18.6(12.4)

6.8(8.4)

0.001b

Median (IQR)

3.75 (5.56)

2.75(5.4)

4.69(11.84)

2.67(5.62)

2.13(23.53)

6.4(19.79)

15.59(24.58)

5.67(4.87)

 

Male, n(%)

113(56.5)

18(60.0)

11(47.8)

9(37.5)

11(52.4)

8(57.1)

5(50.0)

4(44.4)

0.638a,c

DSS

 mean (SD)

14.9 (6.9)

12.6(7.9)

12.2(7.6)

8.3(6.6)

7.9(7.2)

11.9(8.6)

19.1(3.4)

13.9(8.1)

0.000b

 median (IQR)

17.0(10.0)

13.0(15.8)

13.0(16.0)

7.0,

4.0(9.5)

9.0(18.2)

19.0(6.5)

13(16.0)

 

 DSS ≤6, n(%)

27(13.5)

7(23.6)

7(30.4)

10 (41.7)

12(57.1)

5(35.7)

0(0.0)

2(22.2)

0.000a,c

 DSS 7–13,n(%)

51(25.5)

10(33.3)

7(30.4)

10(41.7)

5(23.8)

3(21.4)

0(0.0)

3(33.3)

 

 DSS 14–19, n(%)

78(39.0)

5(16.7)

6(26.1)

3(12.5)

2(9.5)

2(14.3)

7 (70.0)

2(22.2)

 

 DSS ≥20, n(%)

44(22.0)

8(26.7)

3(13.0)

1(4.2)

2(9.5)

4(28.6)

3(30.0)

2(22.2)

 
  1. DSS disease severity score
  2. Significant differences are noted as bold (highest) versus italic (lowest) when possible
  3. a Pearson Chi-square tests
  4. b Kruskal Wallis test
  5. c interpret with caution as any cell has a value <5