Table 4.
Baseline characteristics of children diagnosed with non-severe pneumonia on the basis of fast breathing alone (n=1782). Values are number (%) unless indicated otherwise
|
Characteristic
|
Radiological evidence of pneumonia
|
Relative risk (95% CI)
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Present (n=263, 15%) | Absent (n=1519, 85%) | ||
| Sex | |||
| Male | 158 (60%) | 972 (64%) | 0.87 (0.69 to 1.09) |
| Age (months) | |||
| 2-5 | 59 (22%) | 391 (26%) | 0.83 (0.63 to 1.11) |
| 6-11 | 73 (28%) | 428 (28%) | 0.92 (0.71 to 1.20) |
| 12-59 | 131 (50%) | 700 (46%) | |
| History and signs | |||
| Fever | 253 (96%) | 1421 (94%) | 1.63 (0.89 to 2.98) |
| Cough | 260 (99%) | 1498 (99%) | 1.18 (0.41 to 3.43) |
| Difficult breathing | 234 (89%) | 1388 (91%) | 0.80 (0.56 to 1.13) |
| Vomiting | 36 (14%) | 188 (12%) | 1.10 (0.80 to 1.52) |
| Diarrhoea | 34 (13%) | 156 (10%) | 1.24 (0.90 to 1.73) |
| Past history of wheeze | 17 (7%) | 73 (5%) | 1.30 (0.83 to 2.02) |
| Duration of illness: | |||
| 3 days | 187 (71%) | 1135 (75%) | |
| >3 days | 76 (29%) | 384 (25%) | 1.17 (0.91 to 1.49) |
| Presence of wheeze | 65 (25%) | 350 (23%) | 1.08 (0.84 to 1.40) |
| Season | |||
| October to March | 188 (72%) | 1188 (78%) | 0.74 (0.58 to 0.94) |