Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of inpatients admitted to ward and PICU.
| Variable | Admitted to ward N = 59 |
Admitted to PICU N = 12 |
P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | |||
| Gender | Male | 37 | 62.7 | 8 | 66.7% | 1 |
| Age | <1 month | 7 | 11.9 | 2 | 16.7 | 0.974 |
| 2 to 12 months | 13 | 22 | 3 | 25 | ||
| 1 to 2 years | 5 | 8.5 | 1 | 8.3 | ||
| 2 to 5 years | 16 | 27.1 | 2 | 16.7 | ||
| 5−10 years | 11 | 18.6 | 2 | 16.7 | ||
| above 10 years | 7 | 11.9 | 2 | 16.7 | ||
| BMI‡, * | Below 18.5 | 47 | 79.7 | 10 | 83.3 | |
| 18.5–24.9 | 9 | 15.3 | 2 | 16.7 | 0.726 | |
| 25−29.9 | 3 | 5.1 | – | – | ||
| Pre-existing Comorbidities | Any | 25 | 42.37 | 6 | 50 | 0.753 |
| Cardiac disease | 6 | 10.17 | 2 | 16.67 | 0.615 | |
| Malignancy | 5 | 8.47 | – | 0.00 | 0.581 | |
| Neurologic disorder | 4 | 6.78 | 2 | 16.67 | 0.266 | |
| Asthma | 3 | 5.08 | – | – | 1 | |
| Pulmonary disease | 1 | 1.69 | – | – | 1 | |
| Endocrine disease | 1 | 1.69 | – | – | 1 | |
| Gastrointestinal | – | – | 1 | 8.33 | 0.169 | |
| Hematological diseases | 2 | 3.39 | – | – | 1 | |
| Metabolic diseases | 2 | 3.39 | 1 | 8.33 | 0.316 | |
| Immune deficiency | 1 | 1.69 | – | – | 1 | |
| Symptoms and signs | Asymptomatic | 8 | 13.6 | 1 | 8.3 | 1 |
| Upper respiratory symptoms | 10 | 16.9 | 0 | 0 | 0.194 | |
| Lower respiratory symptoms | 6 | 10.2 | 4 | 33.3 | 0.058 | |
| GI symptoms | 24 | 40.7 | 5 | 41.7 | 1 | |
| Shock | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.3 | 0.169 | |
| General symptoms ¶ | 7 | 11.9 | 1 | 8.3 | 1 | |
| Fever‡‡ | 4 | 6.8 | – | – | 1 | |
| Pyrexia | Yes | 43 | 72.9 | 8 | 66.7 | 0.729 |
| Chemotherapy | Yes | 4 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0.353 |
| On regular IVIG | Yes | 2 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0.518 |
‡
BMI, body mass index.
*
No patients were found to have a BMI more than 30.
¶
General symptoms include (Decrease oral intake, decrease activity, malaise, headache, or headache).
‡‡
Fever as the only sign and symptom on presentation.