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. 2012 Dec 18;7(12):e52073. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052073

Table 1. The demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with different enteroviruses infection.

Characteristics CV-A10 (n = 82) CV-A6 (n = 44) EV-71 (n = 944) CV-A16 (n = 451) P
Age, months (median, range) 25(7–85) 18(10–59) 24(2–168) 24(1–178) 0.128
Sex, male (%) 54(65.9) 27(61.4) 598(63.4) 311(69.0) 0.211
Clinical manifestations
Respiratory system 17(21.5) 7(16.7) 198(25.6) 94(21.9) 0.281
Digestive system 8(10.1) 1(2.4) 42(5.5) 21(4.9) 0.224
Cyclic system 11(13.9) 4(9.5) 125(16.3) 32(7.5) <0.001
Nervous system 24(29.3) 8(18.2) 497(52.4) 101(22.4) <0.001
Outcome <0.001
Mild 52(63.4) 36(81.8) 438(46.4) 335(74.3)
Severe 30(36.6) 8(18.2) 506(53.6) 116(25.7)

Note: respiratory system syndromes were defined as the presence of at least one of the followings: cough, bronchitis or other upper respiratory tract disease, or pneumonia; digestive system syndromes were defined as the presence of at least one of the followings: diarrhea or vomit; cyclic system syndromes were defined as the presence of at least one of the followings: myocarditis or cardiac damage; nervous syndromes were defined as the presence of at least one of the followings: meningitis, encephalitis, brain myelitis, coma, acute flaccid paralysis or seizures.