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. 2023 Dec 6;13:21477. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-48701-5

Table 2.

Demographic characteristics of the patients with CAP.

Characteristic Total, n = 154 (%) C. pneumoniae P ES
+ (n = 25) - (n = 129)
Sex (female), n (%) 68 (44%) 9 (36%) 59 (46%) 0.37 0.07N
Age (year), median (range) 3.1 (0.04–18.3) 4.7 (0.4–14.8) 3.0 (0.04–18.3) 0.13 0.12S
Older than 6 years, n (%) 42 (27%) 10 (40%) 32 (25%) 0.12 0.13S
Age group, n (%) 0.37 0.19S
 Term neonatal (birth-27 days) 1 (0.6%) 0 (0%) 1 (0.8%)
 Infant (28 days-12 months) 35 (23%) 3 (12%) 32 (25%)
 Toddler (13 months-2 years) 32 (21%) 7 (28%) 25 (19%)
 Early childhood (2–5 years) 44 (29%) 5 (20%) 39 (30%)
 Middle childhood (6–11 years) 22 (14%) 6 (24%) 16 (12%)
 Early adolescence (12– < 18 years) 20 (13%) 4 (16%) 16 (12%)

CAP community-acquired pneumonia, ES effect size, N none, S small.

*P < 0.05, statistically significant.