Table 5.
Comparison of the characteristics of children with COVID-19 by different age groups.
| 0 to <1 N = 62 |
1 to <5 N = 67 |
5 to <12 N = 140 |
12 to <19 N = 154 |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bMale, n (%) | 36 (58.1) | 36 (53.7) | 87 (62.1) | 95 (61.7) | 0.649 |
| bTravel history, n (%) | 4 (6.5) | 7 (10.4) | 14 (10.0) | 66 (42.9) | <0.001 |
| cLength of hospital stay, mean ± SD (days) | 13.4 ± 7.8 | 13.9 ± 7.0 | 14.0 ± 7.1 | 16.6 ± 8.5 | 0.012 |
| bSymptoms, n (%) | |||||
| Asymptomatic | 4 (6.5) | 13 (19.4) | 43 (30.7) | 51 (33.1) | <0.001 |
| Fever | 31 (50.0) | 34 (50.7) | 43 (30.7) | 37 (24.0) | <0.001 |
| Myalgia | 0 (0.0) | 2 (3.3) | 4 (2.9) | 13 (8.6) | 0.026 |
| Runny nosea | 2 (25.0) | 7 (33.3) | 6 (13.3) | 23 (22.1) | 0.306 |
| Stuffy nosea | 2 (25.0) | 2 (9.5) | 0 (0.0) | 13 (12.5) | 0.046 |
| Ageusiaa | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (4.5) | 12 (11.7) | 0.316 |
| Anosmiaa | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.3) | 10 (9.7) | 0.273 |
| Dizziness | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.5) | 2 (1.3) | 0.647 |
| Cough | 43 (69.4) | 30 (44.8) | 50 (35.7) | 53 (34.6) | <0.001 |
| Sputum | 11 (17.7) | 5 (7.5) | 16 (11.4) | 31 (20.3) | 0.044 |
| Diarrhea | 8 (12.9) | 6 (9.0) | 7 (5.0) | 13 (8.5) | 0.279 |
| Abdominal paina | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (5.0) | 5 (3.3) | 0.127 |
| Vomitinga | 1 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.2) | 5 (4.8) | 0.396 |
Note: Bold values represent p-value <0.05.
a
Data from Wuhan was not available.
b
Chi-square test was used
c
One-way analysis of variances was used.