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. 2014 Dec 10;14:297. doi: 10.1186/s12887-014-0297-0

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of children aged < 3 years with single respiratory virus infections

Total RSV HRV FLU Other
N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%)
Children <3 y with single virus ARTI
  Total included 144 66 49 12 17
  Analysis of signs and symptoms (data available) 138 64 46 11 17
  Analysis of clinical outcomes (data available) 123 53 44 11 15
Demographics (analysis of clinical outcomes)
  Male 76 (62) 30 (57) 32 (73)$ 4 (36)$ 10 (67)
  Mean age, months [range] 8 [0–35] 7 [0–35] 7 [0–24] 10 [1–26] 11 [0–33]
  Median age, months [range] 4 [0–35] 3 [0–35] 4 [0–24] 9 [1–26] 8 [0–33]
Clinical history (analysis of clinical outcomes)
  Prematurity at birth 11 (9) 6 (11) 3 (7) 1 (9) 1 (7)
  History of BHR 12 (9) 5 (9) 5 (11) 1 (9) 1 (7)
  Chronic pulmonary disorder 2 (2) 0 2 (5) 0 0
  Chronic cardiovascular disorder 12 (10) 3 (6) 6 (14) 1 (9) 2 (13)
  Chronic immunodeficiency disorder 5 (4) 0 2 (5) 1 (9) 2 (13)

Baseline characteristics are equally distributed, except for a male predominance with HRV vs FLU (95%CI 1.2-19)$.