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. 2021 Feb 5;100(5):e23786. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000023786

Table 5.

Clinical characteristics of hospitalized children with CAP between severe and mild case groups.

Severe cases(n = 40) Mild cases(n = 293) P
Demographic and clinical presentation
 Males, n (%) 18 (45.0) 159 (54.3) .271
 Age (yrs), median (IQR) 7 (6–8) 4 (3–7) <.0001
 Peak of fever (°C), median (IQR) 39.6 (39.1–40.0) 39.2 (38.8–39.7) <.0001
 Duration of fever (days), median (IQR) 8 (5–10) 5 (3.5–8) <.0001
 Cough (days), median (IQR) 15 (12–21) 11 (9–14) <.0001
 Rales, n (%) 18 (45.0) 135 (46.1) .898
Clinical outcome
 Duration of hospitalization (days), median (IQR) 11 (9–14) 6 (5–8) <.0001
Laboratory data
 WBC (×109 cells/L), median (IQR) 7.4 (6.4–8.8) 7.7 (5.9–10.7) .003
 Neutrophils (%), median (IQR) 66.0 (60.7–70.6) 58.2 (47.0–67.2) <.0001
 Lymphocytes (%), median (IQR) 23.8 (18.1–29.7) 30.0 (21.8–40.9) <.0001
 CRP (mg/L), median (IQR) 3.1 (1.3–12.0) 2.2 (0.6–8.7) <.0001
 LDH (U/L), median (IQR) 252 (226–312) 263 (227–318) .330