TABLE 1.
Patient demographic and clinical characteristics based on HRSV subtypes detected at hospitals O and H during 2017 to 2020 (n = 202)a
| Characteristic | Total (n = 202) |
HRSV-A (n = 99) |
HRSV-B (n = 103) |
P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
| Age (yrs) | 0.040 | ||||||
| <1 | 97 | 48.0 | 50 | 50.5 | 47 | 45.6 | |
| 1–5 | 100 | 49.5 | 44 | 44.4 | 56 | 54.4 | |
| >5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 5.1 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Sex | 0.685 | ||||||
| Male | 107 | 53.0 | 51 | 51.5 | 56 | 54.4 | |
| Female | 95 | 47.0 | 48 | 48.5 | 47 | 45.6 | |
| Hospital | 0.789 | ||||||
| Hospital O | 106 | 52.5 | 51 | 51.5 | 55 | 53.4 | |
| Hospital H | 96 | 47.5 | 48 | 48.5 | 48 | 46.6 | |
| Clinical characteristic | |||||||
| Fever | 168 | 83.2 | 79 | 79.8 | 89 | 86.4 | 0.209 |
| Cough | 195 | 96.5 | 95 | 96.0 | 100 | 97.1 | 0.661 |
| Rhinorrhea | 160 | 79.2 | 80 | 80.1 | 80 | 77.7 | 0.583 |
| Wheeze | 56 | 27.7 | 27 | 27.3 | 29 | 28.2 | 0.889 |
a
This analysis included 202 specimens collected at two hospitals from September 2017 to March 2020 and sequenced. One sample from a patient coinfected with HRSV-A and HRSV-B was excluded. Subgroups were compared using the chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test. Statistical significance was set at a P value of <0.05.