Table 1.
The clinical characteristics of the RSV vs. non RSV cases
| RSV (n = 70) |
Non-RSV (n = 357) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean Age ± std. deviation (months) | 8.2 (± 11.5) | 14.2 (± 14.37) | 0.001 |
| Mean Weight ± std. deviation (kg) | 6.7(± 3.3) | 8.5(± 5.4) | 0.006 |
| Patients with small weight for age (%) | 21.2% | 37.8% | 0.024 |
| Mean Respiratory rate ± std. deviation (/min) in patients 2-11 mo | 58.4 (± 9.2) | 52.7 (± 9.3) | <0.001 |
| Mean Respiratory rate ± std. deviation (/min) in patients 12-59 mo | 47.7(± 8.53) | 46.8(± 8.48) | 0.724 |
| Tachypnea (%) | 62.9% | 54.9% | 0.137 |
| Wheezes (%) | 7.1% | 9.8% | 0.635 |
| Difficult breathing (%) | 98 | 91 | 0.053 |
| Chest in-drawing (%) | 88 | 74 | 0.014 |
| Cough (%) | 100 | 97 | 0.18 |
| Inability to feed (%) | 52 | 44 | 0.13 |
| Convulsions (%) | 1.7 | 3.3 | 0.4 |
| Past history of pneumonia (%) | 14 | 31 | 0.003 |
| Supplemental Oxygen (%) | 46 | 23.5 | <0.001 |
| Hospitalization (%) | 37.1 | 11.2 | <0.001 |
| Admission to ICU (%) | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.59 |
| Case fatality rate (%) | 1.4 | 0.3 | <0.001 |