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. 2023 Nov 10;9(11):e22302. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22302

Table 2.

The positive detection of pathogens across clinical diagnosis among patients.

Total (2358) URTI (604) LRTI (1581) χ2 test p
Gender, n (%) 3.17 0.075
 male 1413 (59.92) 382 (63.25) 934 (62.52)
 Female 945 (40.08) 222 (36.75) 647 (59.47)
Age, n (%) 96.082 <0.001
 Infant (, <1) 410 (17.39) 57 (9.44) 338 (21.38)
 Toddler [1, 3) 668 (28.33) 207 (34.27) 424 (26.82)
 Preschool child [3, 6) 725 (30.75) 194 (32.12) 498 (31.50)
 School child [6, 14) 311 (13.19) 116 (19.21) 154 (9.74)
 Adult [14, 60) 163 (6.91) 27 (4.47) 101 (6.39)
 Elder [60, ) 81 (3.44) 3 (0.50) 66 (4.17)
Season, n (%) 20.835 <0.001
 Spring (Mar–May) 474 (20.10) 129 (21.36) 328 (20.75)
 Summer (Jun–Aug) 965 (40.92) 273 (45.20) 616 (38.96)
 Autumn (Sep–Nov) 439 (18.62) 77 (12.75) 333 (21.06)
 Winter (Dec–Feb) 480 (20.36) 125 (20.70) 304 (19.23)

Abbreviations: URTI, upper respiratory tract infections; LRTI, lower respiratory tract infections.

The significance was analyzed by Pearson's Chi-square test. P < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant and shown in corresponding cells.