Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of children with non‐severe community‐acquired pneumonia and comparison between cases with or without acute human bocavirus 1 infection
| All cases | Acute HBoV1 infection d | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | (n = 759) n (%) a | Yes (n = 38) a | No (n = 721) a |
| Demographics | |||
| Age (median [IQR] months) | 25.5 (13.4‐40.1) | 21.7 (13.3‐26.9) | 25.8 (14.0‐40.5) |
| Male gender | 398 (52.4) | 16 (42.1) | 382 (53.0) |
| History | |||
| Disease duration(median [IQR] days) | 5 (4‐8) | 6.5 (4.0‐8.0) | 5.0 (4.0‐8.0) |
| Cough | 739/757 b (97.6) | 37 (97.4) | 702/719 c (97.6) |
| Fever | 702/758 b (92.6) | 38 (100.0) | 664/720 c (92.2) |
| Difficulty breathing | 472/757 b (62.4) | 27 (71.1) | 445/719 c (61.9) |
| Vomiting | 337/758 b (44.5) | 16 (42.1) | 321/720 c (44.6) |
| Physical examination | |||
| Rhonchi | 493/758 b (65.0) | 26 (68.4) | 467/720 c (64.9) |
| Crackles | 343/758 b (45.3) | 20 (52.6) | 323/720 c (44.9) |
| Tachypnea | 340/758 b (44.9) | 16 (42.1) | 324/720 c (45.0) |
| Wheezing | 225/758 b (29.7) | 12 (31.6) | 213/720 c (29.6) |
| Reduced pulmonary expansion | 64/757 b (8.5) | 3 (7.9) | 61/719 c (8.5) |
| Malnutrition | 29/758 b (3.8) | 1 (2.6) | 28/720 c (3.9) |
| Chest retraction | 28/758 b (3.7) | 1 (2.6) | 28/720 c (3.8) |
IQR, interquartile range.
a
Expressed as absolute number and percentage if not otherwise specified.
b
The denominator was not 759 because there was missing information.
c
The denominator was not 721 because there was missing information.
d
No statistically significant difference was found when cases with or without acute HBoV1 infection were compared.