Table 1.

Comparison of the demographic and clinical data between children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia and in children with pneumonia caused by other pathogens at enrolment

	Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia	Non- Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia	P value
	(n=24)	(n=142)
Sex (%)
Males	75	47.9	p=0.014
Females	25	52.1
Age (years)	9.89 ± 5.21	5.75 ± 4.13	p=0.001
Duration of symptoms before enrolment (days)	7.33 ± 4.89	5.75 ± 3.78	p=0.089
Fever duration before enrolment (days)	5.50 ± 3.65	3.83 ± 2.93	p=0.021
Cough duration before enrolment (days)	7.17 ± 4.89	5.01 ± 4.25	p=0.026

Date are presented as mean ± SD unless otherwise indicated.