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. 2020 Nov 26;21:314. doi: 10.1186/s12931-020-01580-0

Table 2.

Clinical characteristics of children and adults with COVID-19

Total
N = 134
Children
N = 22
Adults
N = 112
P value
Age, median (IQR), y 33.0 (21.8–46.3) 9.5 (3.8–12.5) 37.0 (25.3–49.0)  < 0.001
Sex, male n (%) 69 (51.5%) 13 (59.1%) 56 (50%) 0.435
Exposure history within past 14 days, n (%)
Living in Hubei 41 (30.6%) 4 (18.2%) 37 (33.0%) 0.372
Recently visited Hubei 32 (23.9%) 8 (36.4%) 24 (21.4%)
Contact with people from Hubei 27 (20.1%) 4 (18.2%) 23 (20.5%)
Contact with other confirmed patients 34 (25.4%) 6 (27.3%) 28 (25.0%)
Cluster cases, n (%) 72 (53.7%) 18 (81.8%) 54 (48.2%) 0.004
Clinical classifications, n (%)
Non-severe 115 (85.8%) 22 (100%) 93 (83.0%) 0.037
Severe 19 (14.2%) 0 19 (17%)

Bold values indicate that P value is less than 0.05

COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019, IQR interquartile range