Table 2.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of paediatric outpatients infected with SARS-CoV-2 and stratified by recovery days
| Baseline characteristics | Short recovery group (n = 216) |
Long recovery group (n = 376) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 3.1 [1.5, 7.8] | 3.7 [1.7, 9.2] | 0.135 |
| Boys | 135 (62.5) | 227 (60.4) | 0.672 |
| Number of co-living members | 3 [2, 4] | 3 [2, 4] | 0.959 |
| Co-livings infected with SARS-CoV-2 | 158 (77.5) | 315 (85.8) | 0.015 |
| Premature at birth | 5 (4.1) | 5 (3.0) | 0.861 |
| Respiratory distress at birth | 1 (0.8) | 2 (1.3) | 0.999 |
| Regular immunization | 212 (99.1) | 370 (98.7) | 0.999 |
| Previous severe diseases | 8 (3.7) | 20 (5.3) | 0.505 |
| White blood cell (10^9/L) | 6.26 [4.53, 7.90] | 6.61 [5.03, 8.56] | 0.018 |
| Lymphocyte ratio | 0.20 [0.11, 0.31] | 0.19 [0.12, 0.28] | 0.467 |
| Monocyte ratio | 0.11 [0.08, 0.14] | 0.10 [0.08, 0.13] | 0.102 |
| Neutrophil ratio | 0.69 [0.52, 0.78] | 0.70 [0.58, 0.78] | 0.239 |
| Lymphocyte (10^9/L) | 1.11 [0.76, 1.64] | 1.20 [0.76, 1.76] | 0.3 |
| Monocyte (10^9/L) | 0.64 [0.49, 0.82] | 0.68 [0.52, 0.85] | 0.21 |
| Leukocyte (10^9/L) | 3.88 [2.49, 5.65] | 4.43 [2.96, 6.20] | 0.008 |
| Red blood cell (10^12/L) | 4.66 [4.34, 5.00] | 4.72 [4.45, 5.01] | 0.134 |
| Haemoglobin (g/L) | 129.5 [121, 139] | 130 [120.75, 140] | 0.734 |
| Platelet (10^9/L) | 214 [187, 253] | 213 [184, 253.25] | 0.953 |
| Eosinophils (10^9/L) | 0.02 [0.01, 0.08] | 0.02 [0.01, 0.06] | 0.878 |
| Basophilic granulocyte (10^9/L) | 0.01 [0.01, 0.02] | 0.01 [0.01, 0.02] | 0.933 |
| C-reactive protein (mg/L) | 4 [1.1, 8] | 4 [1.48, 8] | 0.793 |
| Antibiotics administration | 27 (12.6) | 87 (23.2) | 0.002 |
| Intake of TCM drugs | 121 (59.9) | 271 (76.6) | < 0.001 |
| Intake of febrifuge | 177 (85.5) | 339 (94.4) | 0.001 |
| Drinking lots of water | 78 (37.1) | 119 (31.9) | 0.233 |
| Eating fresh fruits | 21 (10.0) | 8 (2.1) | < 0.001 |
Data were expressed as median [interquartile range] or count (percentage, %) and were compared using the Wilcoxon rank-sum test, χ2 test or Fisher’s exact test
SARS-CoV-2 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, TCM Traditional Chinese medicine