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. 2019 Nov 25;102(1):20–27. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0458

Table 2.

Respiratory rate classification over time (measured by expert counter)

Time points
Baseline → 1 minute, N = 163 1 minute → 3 minutes, N = 157 3 minutes → 5 minutes, N = 153 Baseline → 3 minutes, N = 158 Baseline → 5 minutes, N = 154
Classification at time points % (95% CI) [N] % (95% CI) [N] % (95% CI) [N] % (95% CI) [N] % (95% CI) [N]
Normal–normal 70.6 (62.9–77.4) [115] 70.1 (62.3–77.1) [110] 72.5 (64.8–79.4) [111] 70.6 (63.8–78.4) [113] 72.1 (64.3–79.0) [111]
Normal–Fast 4.9 (2.1–9.4) [8] 0.6 (0.0–3.5) [1] 0.7 (0.0–3.6) [1] 3.8 (1.4–8.1) [6] 3.9 (1.4–8.3) [6]
Fast–normal 0.0 (0.0–2.2) [0] 2.5 (0.7–6.4) [4] 0.7 (0.0–3.6) [1] 1.3 (0.2–4.5) [2] 1.3 (0.2–4.6) [2]
Fast–fast 24.5 (18.1–31.9) [40] 26.8 (20.0–34.4) [42] 26.1 (19.4–33.9) [40] 23.4 (17.1–30.8) [37] 22.7 (16.4–30.2) [35]

The difference in total number of RR counts between Table 2 and Figure 2 is due to the fact that the expert counter lost count of the RR at two separate instances, once at the 1-minute time point and once at the 3-minute time point. However, this did not lead to the exclusion of all of the child´s measurements; hence, because Table 2 accounts for the classification change between two time points, these instances lead to one lesser observation for the change between the 1–3 and 3–5 time points, respectively.