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Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Emerg Care. 2021 Dec 1;37(12):e1593–e1599. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000002130

Table 5.

Correlation between having a previous episode of bronchiolitis (PEB) bronchiolitis severity, atopy and number of hospitalizations (N=600).

All patients		Episodes of bronchiolitis	Total severity score	Atopic factor score	Number of hospitalizations
Episodes of bronchiolitis	Correlation coefficient	1	0.084^*	0.614^*	0.680^*
Episodes of bronchiolitis	p value	-	0.040	<0.001	<0.001
Total severity score	Correlation coefficient	0.084^*	1	0.049	0.049
Total severity score	p value	0.040	-	0.230	0.229
Atopic factor score	Correlation coefficient	0.614^*	0.049	1	0.506^*
Atopic factor score	p value	<0.001	0.230	-	<0.001
Number of hospitalizations	Correlation coefficient	0.680^*	0.049	0.506^*	1
Number of hospitalizations	p value	<0.001	0.229	<0.001	-

Spearman rank correlation coefficient is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).