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. 2014 Jan 8;9(1):e85094. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085094

Table 4. Clinical characteristics of total study population, and comparison of clinical variables: Adenovirus (Ad) vs. 2009 H1N1, and coinfection vs. Ad alone.

Total study population (n = 375) Ad +(n = 255) 2009 H1N1 +(n = 58) p-value Ad+/2009 H1N1+(n  = 16)α p-value
Symptoms
Subjective fever 373 (99.5%) 253 (99.2%) 58 (100%) 1.0 16 (100%) 1.0
Cough 336 (89.6%) 226 (88.6%) 56 (96.6%) 0.01 15 (93.8%) 1.0
Sore throat 326 (86.9%) 236 (92.5%) 43 (74.1%) <0.01 11 (68.8%) <0.01
Sinus congestion 301 (80.3%) 206 (80.8%) 44 (75.9%) 0.34 13 (81.3%) 0.26
Myalgia 295 (78.7%) 196 (76.9%) 47 (81.0%) 0.49 15 (93.8%) 0.21
Coryza 241 (64.3%) 155 (60.8%) 45 (77.6%) 0.02 12 (75.0%) 0.12
Malaise 198 (52.8%) 132 (51.8%) 35 (60.3%) 0.25 8 (50.0%) 0.88
Vomiting 45 (12.0%) 32 (12.5%) 6 (10.3%) 0.64 3 (18.8%) 0.44
Diarrhea 21 (5.6%) 20 (7.8%) 0 0.03 0 0.62
Duration of symptoms (days; IQR*) 3 (2–4) 3 (2–5) 2 (2–3) <0.01 2.5 (2–3) 0.09
Vital Signs**
Heart Rate 94.1 (14.1) 93 (15) 97 (12) 0.08 95 (10) 0.71
Respiratory Rate 17.0 (1.8) 17 (2) 17 (1) 0.92 17 (2) 0.37
Systolic BP*** 119.6 (9.3) 120 (9) 119 (11) 0.67 120 (11) 0.92
Diastolic BP*** 71.9 (7.5) 72 (7) 71 (9) 0.13 71 (3) 0.61
Oral temperature (0F) 101.5 (0.9) 101.5 (0.8) 101.7 (1.0) 0.07 101.9 (0.9) 0.03
Physical exam
Pharyngitis 283 (75.5%) 203 (79.6%) 38 (65.5%) <0.01 9 (56.2%) <0.01
Exudativepharyngitis 22 (5.9%) 21 (8.2%) 1 (1.7%) 0.045 0 0.24
Lymphadenopathy 189 (50.4%) 131 (51.4%) 32 (55.2%) 0.78 5 (31.3%) 0.08
Tonsillitis 64 (17.1%) 53 (20.8%) 2 (3.4%) <0.01 0 0.02
Abnormal lung exam 11 (2.9%) 7 (2.7%) 2 (3.4%) 0.30 0 0.63
Pneumonia 6 (1.6%) 4 (1.6%) 1 (1.7%) 1.00 0 0.78
Hospitalized 3 (0.8%) 2 (0.8%) 0 1.00 0 1.00

median, interquartile range.

mean, standard deviation.

BP  =  blood pressure (mmHg).

compared to Ad alone.