Table 4.
Comparison of COVID-19 features between children and adults with IMD.
| Child (n = 131) | Adult (n = 92) | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Presence of symptoms | Yes: 82.4% (n = 108) No: 17.6% (n = 23) |
Yes: 85.9% (n = 79) No: 14.1% (n = 13) |
0.49 |
| 2 | Clinical Spectrum of SARS-CoV-2 Infection | |||
| Asymptomatic: | 16.8% (n = 22) | 15.2% (n = 14) | 0.97 | |
| Mild illness: | 77.1% (n = 101) | 78.3% (n = 72) | ||
| Moderate illness: | 2.3% (n = 3) | 3.3% (n = 3) | ||
| Severe illness: | 3.1% (n = 4) | 2.2% (n = 2) | ||
| Critical illness: | 0.8% (n = 1) | 1.1% (n = 1) | ||
| 3 | Long COVID | Yes:26.8% (n = 35) No:73.2% (n = 96) |
Yes: 22.8% (n = 21) No: 77.2% (n = 71) |
0.48 |
| 4 | Hospitalization | Yes:13.0% (n = 17) No: 87.0% (n = 114) |
Yes: 8.7% (n = 8) No: 91.3% (n = 84) |
0.32 |
| 5 | ICU admission | Yes: 1.5% (n = 2) No: 98.5% (n = 129) |
Yes: 1.1% (n = 1) No: 98.9% (n = 91) |
1 |
COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019, ICU: intensive care unit, IMD: inherited metabolic disorder, SARS-CoV-2: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.