Table 1.
The general characteristics and laboratory tests of children with mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia and controls.
| Cases | ||||||||
| Variables | Lung consolidation (n = 17) | Interstitial pneumonia (n = 17) | Bronchopneumonia (n = 46) | Hilar shadow thickening (n = 21) | All cases (n = 101) | Controls (n = 119) | P1 | P2 |
| Gender (boy) | 9 (52.9%) | 9 (52.9%) | 21 (45.7%) | 15 (71.4%) | 54 (53.5%) | 77 (64.7%) | .090 | .277 |
| Age (yr) | 6.59 ± 3.46 | 3.99 ± 1.81 | 4.58 ± 2.14 | 3.53 ± 1.50 | 4.60 ± 2.43 | 5.77 ± 2.50 | .001 | .001 |
| Height (cm) | 119.59 ± 23.94 | 105.53 ± 13.65 | 108.57 ± 17.65 | 99.57 ± 12.92 | 108.04 ± 18.28 | 117.29 ± 17.65 | <.001 | .007 |
| Weight (kg) | 26.18 ± 11.80 | 16.47 ± 4.11 | 19.14 ± 7.19 | 16.71 ± 4.85 | 19.37 ± 7.99 | 22.27 ± 8.70 | .011 | <.001 |
| WBC (10^9/L) | 9.86 ± 3.93 | 10.36 ± 5.34 | 8.96 ± 3.45 | 8.61 ± 4.42 | 9.27 ± 4.09 | 8.02 ± 2.29 | .007 | .501 |
| PLT (10^9/L) | 277.94 ± 76.24 | 232.94 ± 76.14 | 257.57 ± 85.45 | 236.05 ± 74.96 | 252.38 ± 80.69 | 268.39 ± 65.74 | .112 | .293 |
| CRP (mg/L) | 21.90 ± 18.02 | 34.62 ± 54.82 | 12.31 ± 13.84 | 6.18 ± 6.87 | 16.40 ± 26.83 | 5.42 ± 9.77 | <.001 | .004 |
| ALT (U/L) | 22.82 ± 20.33 | 14.12 ± 4.69 | 16.82 ± 14.43 | 15.38 ± 5.00 | 17.08 ± 13.26 | 19.49 ± 8.96 | .112 | .222 |
P1 value for the comparison of all cases with controls; P2 value for the comparison among children with mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia by different chest imaging findings; ALT = alanine transaminase, CRP = C-reactive protein, PLT = platelet, WBC = white blood cell.