Table 3.

Clinical predictors of respiratory syncytial virus associated hospitalization among children aged <5 y by stepwise backward logistic regression adjusted for age–groups*

Symptoms and signs	Odds ratio (95% CI)	P > z
Cough	1.85 (1.13–0.46)	0.013
History of fever	0.4 (0.23–0.11)	0.001
History of fast breathing	3.44 (2.26–0.73)	<0.001
Diarrhea	0.62 (0.41–0.12)	0.021
Inability/refusal to feed	0.57 (0.39–0.1)	0.004
Unconsciousness	0.07 (0.01–0.07)	0.005
Nasal flaring	3.13 (1.41–1.27)	0.005
Stridor	2.73 (1.22–1.12)	0.014
Accessory muscle use	0.22 (0.08–0.11)	0.003
Crepitation	2.79 (1.81–0.61)	<0.001
Hypoxia	2.71 (1.58–0.74)	<0.001

CI – confidence interval

*Age groups: 0–5 months, 6–11 months, 12–23 months and 24–59 months.