Table 1.
Characteristics of 383 children, 6 months to <18 years of age, hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia
| Age group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 months to <5 years | 5 to <18 years | |||
| Characteristic | N (%) | % | % | P value |
| Age | ||||
| 6 months to < 5 years | 263 (68.7) | -- | -- | |
| 5 to <18 years | 120 (31.3) | -- | -- | |
| Race/Ethnicity | 0.25 | |||
| White | 47 (12.3) | 10.6 | 15.8 | |
| Black | 303 (79.1) | 79.8 | 77.5 | |
| Other | 33 (8.6) | 6.1 | 2.5 | |
| Gender | 0.43 | |||
| Female | 171 (44.6) | 46.0 | 41.7 | |
| Male | 212 (55.4) | 54.0 | 58.3 | |
| Fall/winter season | 225 (58.8) | 59.7 | 56.7 | 0.58 |
| Environmental tobacco smoke exposurea | 44 (11.6) | 10.4 | 14.2 | 0.29 |
| Medical history | ||||
| Asthma/reactive airway disease | 203 (53.0) | 47.9 | 64.2 | 0.003 |
| Chronic conditions other than asthma | 92 (24.0) | 24.0 | 24.2 | 0.96 |
| Prior Antibiotics | 82 (21.4) | 22.4 | 19.2 | 0.47 |
| Pneumococcal vaccineb | 347 (91.6) | 98.5 | 76.5 | <0.0001 |
| Length of stay (days) | 0.18 | |||
| 4 or more | 105 (27.4) | 24.3 | 34.2 | |
| ICU admission | 50 (13.0) | 9.9 | 20.0 | 0.006 |
Numbers in the columns in each group represent the percent of children with that characteristic in that age group. Bold indicates a significant P value of <0.05
aMissing data for 4 subjects
bReceipt of at least one or more doses prior to enrollment, missing data for 4 subjects