Table 2.

Characteristics of HMPV-infected children.

	HMPV positive (%)	HMPV negative (%)	P value
Age, median [IQR]	5.8 [2.6–10.0]	3.4 [1.6–8.4]	<0.001
Gender, male	157 (57.5)	1755 (60.6)	0.31
Admission diagnosis
Asthma	14 (5.1)	132 (4.6)	0.67
Bronchiolitis	56 (20.5)	491 (17.0)	0.14
Bronchopneumonia	123 (45.1)	897 (31.0)	<0.001
Pneumonia	37 (13.6)	357 (12.3)	0.56
Rule-out sepsis	34 (12.5)	866 (29.9)	<0.001
Chronic medical conditions	25 (9.2)	296 (10.2)	0.59
Gestational age, median, weeks [IQR]	40 [38–40]	40 [38–40]	0.68
Number of siblings, median [IQR]	2 [1–3]	2 [1–3]a	0.76
Daycare	5 (1.8)	45 (1.6)a	0.43
Smoke exposure	212 (77.7)	2213 (76.4)	0.65
Antibiotics prior to hospitalization	142 (52%)	1144 (39.5%)	<0.01
Antibiotics during hospitalizations	253/271 (93.4%)	2638/2876 (91.7%)	0.35

Total patients: HMPV positive (273), HMPV negative (2895); p<0.01 is significant n=2894