Table 2.
Clinical symptoms and signs, radiology, and laboratory results at the time of respiratory viral testing
| Characteristic | Result for groupa |
P valueb | |
|---|---|---|---|
| pH1N1 | HRV | ||
| Signs and symptoms (no. [%]) | |||
| Fever | 84 (84.8) | 31 (50.0) | <0.01 |
| Cough | 74 (74.7) | 38 (61.3) | 0.08 |
| Diarrhea | 9 (9.1) | 6 (9.7) | NS |
| Vomiting | 11 (11.1) | 5 (8.1) | NS |
| ILI criteria met (no. [%]) | 67 (67.7) | 14 (22.6) | <0.01 |
| Radiology and laboratory | |||
| Chest X-ray abnormality (no. [%]) | 59 (59.6) | 31 (50.0) | NS |
| White blood cell count (103/μl) | 7.1 ± 3.9 | 8.9 ± 4.3 | NS |
| Hemoglobin (g/dl) | 12.7 ± 1.9 | 11.8 ± 2.3 | NS |
| Platelet count (103/μl) | 190 ± 79.4 | 229 ± 91.7 | NS |
| Aspartate transaminase (U/liter) | 42.9 ± 35.8 | 32 ± 19.2 | NS |
| Alanine aminotransferase (U/liter) | 32.4 ± 30.1 | 26.33 ± 20.5 | NS |
a
Results are presented as number (percentage) of patients or mean ± standard deviation.
b
Statistically significant findings are presented in bold. NS, no statistical significance.