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 |