Table 3.

Most frequent causes of hospitalizations in RSV patients during the first year of follow-up and in the general population. Data are given as number and percentages (in brackets) for RSV patients and percentages for the general population

Major Diagnostic Category (MDC) – Description	RSV patients (N = 1378)	General population
Respiratory system	132 (9.6%)	1.3%
Other factors influencing health status	44 (3.2%)	0.6%
Digestive system	36 (2.6%)	0.7%
Infectious and parasitic diseases	29 (2.1%)	0.6%
Diseases and disorders of the endocrine, nutritional and metabolic systems	29 (2.1%)	1.0%