Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of study subjects
|
RSV cases (n = 43) |
Uninfected controls (n = 16) |
RSV‐negative controls (n = 18) |
P‐value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age in days (range) | 70 (11–185) | 79 (28–175)a | 89 (16–202) | 0.3260b |
| Gestational age in weeks (range)c | 38 (34–41) | NA | 38 (35–41) | 0.9749d |
| Sex (M/F) | 22/21 | 12/4 | 5/11e | 0.0459f |
| Breastfeeding (%)g | 21 (50%) | NA | 7 (39%) | 0.8246f |
| RSV types | ||||
| A | 30 (70%) | NA | NA | |
| B | 13 (30%) | NA | NA | |
| Co‐infections (%) | 15 (35%) | NA | NA | |
Age of one infant was not recorded.
Comparisons between RSV patients, uninfected controls and RSV‐negative controls; the Kruskal–Wallis test followed by Dunn's test to adjust for multiple comparisons.
Gestational age of 1 RSV patient, all uninfected controls and 3 RSV‐negative controls were not recorded.
Comparisons between RSV patients, uninfected controls and RSV‐negative controls; the Mann–Whitney test.
Sex of two infants was not recorded.
Comparisons between RSV patients, uninfected controls (only for sex) and RSV‐negative controls; the chi‐square test.
Breastfeeding was not recorded for 1 RSV patient, all the uninfected controls and 3 RSV‐negative controls.