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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 26.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2010 May 26;303(20):2051–2057. doi: 10.1001/jama.2010.675

Table 3.

Clinical Features of 759 Children Admitted with RSV and Other Respiratory Viruses.

Median (IQR)a
Median (IQR)a P Valueb
No virus
N=334
Any virus
N=425
RSV only
N=206
RSV + another virus
N=54
Non-RSV virus
N=165
Age (months) 11.3 (3.8 to 24) 7.5 (2.7 to 18) <.001 6.1 (2.5 to 13) <.001 7.5 (2.7 to 16) .011 10 (4.5 to 20) .39

Inpatient Stay (days) 4 (2 to 6) 3 (2 to 5) .17 3 (2 to 5) .07 4 (3 to 6) .80 4 (2 to 6) .56

No. (%)
No. (%) P Valueb
No virus
N=334
Any virus
N=425
RSV only
N=206
RSV + another virus
N=54
Non-RSV virus
N=165

Very Severe Pneumonia 73 (22) 53 (13) .001 22 (11) .001 8 (15) .24 23 (14) .035

Wheeze 50 (15) 59 (14) .67 30 (15) .90 8 (15) .98 2 (13) .50

Hypoxia 40 (13) 40 (9) .13 18 (8.7) .14 8 (15) .70 14 (8.5) .14

Capillary refill ≥3 secs 16 (4.8) 10 (2.4) .066 1 (0.5) .004 1 (1.9) .49 8 (4.9) .98

Severe Anemia 15 (4.6) 12 (2.9) .23 3 (1.5) .082 1 (1.9) .71 8 (4.9) .85

History of Prematurity 17 (7.8) 14 (4.1) .067 5 (2.9) .046 2 (4.4) .54 7 (5.7) .49

Congenital Heart
Disease
12 (3.6) 5 (1.2) .05 2 (1.0) .09 0 (0) .23 3 (1.8) .40

HIV 26 (8.0) 26 (6.2) .35 8 (4.0) .07 4 (7.6) 1 14 (8.6) .82

Severe Malnutrition 26 (7.8) 18 (4.2) .038 5 (2.4) .009 2 (3.7) .40 11 (6.7) .65

Bacteremia 20 (6.0) 16 (3.8) .15 5 (2.4) .056 2 (3.7) .75 9 (5.5) .81
Death 16 (4.8) 8 (1.9) . 023 2 (1.0) .023 0 (0) .14 6 (3.6) .56
a

IQR = interquartile range

b

P Values in comparison with children with no virus.