Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of enrolled children (N=357)

Characteristics	Parameters	Total (N*=357)		Emergency room (N=161)		Hospitalised (N=196)
		N†	Per cent‡	n	Per cent	n	Per cent
Age (months)	N	357	–	161	–	196	–
	Mean	13.6	–	13.7	–	13.5	–
	SD	11.14	–	11.39	–	10.96	–
Gender	Female	152	42.6	69	42.9	83	42.3
	Male	205	57.4	92	57.1	113	57.7

*Number of children.

†Number of children in a given category.

‡n/N×100.