Table 2.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients aged 0–3 months and > 3 months with bronchiolitis in the Apulia region, year 2021
| 0–3 months age group | > 3 months age group | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | |||
| Total | 280 | 80.2% | 69 | 19.8% | ||
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 159 | 56.8% | 34 | 49.3% | 0.261 | |
| Female | 121 | 43.2% | 35 | 50.7% | ||
| Prematurity at birth | 35 | 12.5% | 13 | 18.8% | 0.209 | |
| Comorbidity | 25 | 8.9% | 17 | 24.6% | < 0.001 | |
| Oxygen support | 219 | 78.2% | 36 | 52.2% | < 0.001 | |
| Symptoms | ||||||
| Fever | 49 | 17.5% | 27 | 39.1% | < 0.001 | |
| Dyspnea | 254 | 90.7% | 55 | 79.7% | 0.01 | |
| Feeding difficulties | 140 | 50.0% | 32 | 46.4% | 0.59 | |
| Time from symptom onset to hospitalization (mean, days) | 3.2 | 5.7 | < 0.001 | |||
| Length of hospital stay (mean, days) | 7.7 | 4.9 | < 0.001 | |||