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. 2011 Nov 7;11:313. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-313

Table 1.

Chronic co-morbid conditions in children hospitalized with influenza A/H1N1v infection in Brussels

Global cohort Ward patients PICU patients
N = 215 N = 194 N = 21

N of Patients with ≥ 1 co-morbidity (%) 101 (47) 88 (45) 13 (62) p = 0.1

Distribution of co-morbidities n (%) n (%) n (%)
Chronic lung disease 32 (15) 30 (15) 2 (10)
 Asthma 18 (8) 18 (9)
Neurological disease 31 (14) 26 (13) 5 (24)
History of prematurity 21 (10) 21 (11) none
 median GA* (weeks) 33 W
Hemato-oncology 19 (9) 17 (9) 2 (10)
 HSCT** 2 (1) 2 (1)
 Sickle-cell disease 8 (4) 7 (4) 1 (5)
Congenital heart disease 14 (7) 12 (6) 2 (10)
 surgically corrected 6 (3)
Malnutrition 12 (6) 12 (6) none
Metabolic disease 3 (1) 3 (2) none
Diabetes 2 (1) 1 (< 1) 1 (5)
Renal disease 3 (1) 2 (1) 1 (5)
Solid organ transplant 2 (1) 1 (< 1) 1 (5)

Legend:* Gestational age,** Hematopoietic cell transplantation recipients