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. 2023 May 11;10(1):e001618. doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2023-001618

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of 1-year and 2-year-old participants

Variable 1-year-old participants 2-year-old participants
Cases (n*=308) Controls (n=292) P-value Cases (n=214) Controls (n=209) P-value
Age (months) (median/IQR) 12.41 (11.48–13.66) 12.48 (11.72–13.07) 0.820 24.63 (23.87–25.46) 23.90 (23.18–24.73) <0.001
Gender male (n/%) 174 (56.5) 155 (53.1) 0.401 116 (54.2) 95 (45.5) 0.072
Black African Race (n/%) 308 (100) 292 (100) 1.00 214 (100.0) 209 (100.0) 1.00
Weight (kg) (median/IQR) 9.9 (9.0–10.6) 9.8 (8.8–10.5) 0.118 12.0 (10.9–13.3) 11.6 (10.6–12.6) 0.007
Height (cm) (median/IQR) 74 (72–77), 54–89 74 (72–77), 62–88 0.621 87 (85–90) 86 (83–89) 0.051
Birth weight (g) (median/IQR) 3095 (2840–3400) 3138 (2900–3380) 0.124 3102 (2895–3400) 3175 (2855–3445) 0.319
HIV status (n/%)
 Unexposed 229 (74.4) 214 (73.3) 157 (73.4) 150 (71.8)
 Exposed uninfected 67 (21.7) 74 (25.3) 0.101 45 (21.0) 52 (24.9) 0.531
 Infected 11 (3.6) 4 (1.3) 3 (1.4) 1 (0.5)
 Unknown 1 (0.3) 0 (0.0) 9 (4.2) 6 (2.9)
Underlying medical conditions (n/%) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) N/A 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) N/A
Age (months) at RSV† admission (median/IQR) 4.48 (2.26–6.85) N/A N/A 4.48 (2.26–6.85) N/A N/A
Time (months) between RSV admission and visits
(median/IQR)
7.60 (4.77–10.68) N/A N/A 20.82 (16.51–22.79) N/A N/A
Duration of RSV admission (days) (median/IQR) 2 (1-4) N/A N/A 2 (1-5) N/A N/A
Received supplemental oxygen during RSV admission (n/%) 103 (34.7) N/A N/A 69 (34.9) N/A N/A

*n: number.

†Underlying medical conditions: congenital (ex. congenital cardiac disease, hydrocephalus), genetic (ex. trisomy 21) or medical diagnosis (ex. neurological disability, such as neuromuscular disease or cerebral palsy, hepatic abnormalities such as biliary atresia, and musculoskeletal disorders such as osteogenesis imperfecta) that may affect respiratory function.

RSV, respiratory syncytial virus.