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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 5.
Published in final edited form as: Thorax. 2009 Jan 8;64(4):345–352. doi: 10.1136/thx.2008.102111

Table 1.

Demographic data for cases used in the principal phenotype and the refined phenotype

Principal phenotype
Median (mean)
Refined phenotype
(age-limited)
Median (mean)
Duration of admission (days) 4 (5.3) 4 (4.9)
Weight on admission (kg) 5.15 (5.47) 5.03 (5.18)
Age on admission (weeks) 10 (15.6) 8 (9.1)
RSV positive (%) 100% 100%
Oxygen used (%) 88% 86%
Duration of oxygen (days) 3 (3.78) 3 (3.6)
Tube feeding required (%) 60.9% 61.7%
Intravenous fluids required (%) 32.1% 31.9%
Ventilation required (%) 23.7% 14.5%
Parental smoking (%) 36.6% 33.7%
Number of older siblings 1 (1.19) 1 (1.19)
Gestation (weeks) 39 (38) 40 (39.4)
Pre-existing heart condition (%) 5.5% 0.0%
Pre-existing lung condition (%) 5.9% 0.0%
Oxygen-dependent CLD (%) 2.0% 0.0%

CLD, chronic lung disease; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus.