Table 3. Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of adult SARI patients in a surveillance hospital in Jinshan, Shanghai, April 2017 to March 2018.
| Characteristics | SARI patients | P value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All (%) [n = 397] | With confirmed pathogens (%) [n = 250] | Without confirmed pathogens (%) [n = 147] | ||
| Temperature ≥39°C | 189(47.6) | 126(50.4) | 63(42.9) | 0.176 |
| Cough | 394(99.2) | 249(99.6) | 145(98.6) | 0.558 |
| Sputum production | 351(88.4) | 219(87.6) | 132(89.8) | 0.509 |
| Pharyngalgia | 27(6.8) | 18(7.2) | 9(6.1) | 0.680 |
| Thoracalgia | 28(7.1) | 19(7.6) | 9(6.1) | 0.687 |
| Dyspnea | 19(4.8) | 11(4.4) | 8(5.4) | 0.808 |
| Runny nose | 11(2.8) | 7(2.8) | 4(2.7) | 1.000 |
| Vomiting | 15(3.8) | 10(4.0) | 5(3.4) | 0.795 |
| Acceptance of chest radiographic exam | 382(96.2) | 236(94.4) | 146(99.3) | 0.013 |
| Presence of radiographic diagnosis of pneumonia | 258/382(67.5) | 153/236(64.8) | 105/146(71.9) | 0.349 |
| Visited a live poultry market | 3(0.8) | 3(1.2) | 0(0) | 0.299 |
| Contact with live poultry | 30(7.6) | 19(7.6) | 11(7.5) | 1.000 |
| Contact with patient with fever | 32(8.1) | 24(9.6) | 8(5.4) | 0.182 |
| Smoking | 0.860 | |||
| Current | 43(10.8) | 28(11.2) | 15(10.2) | |
| Former | 66(16.6) | 43(17.2) | 23(15.6) | |
| Never | 288(72.6) | 179(71.6) | 109(74.2) | |
| Vaccinated with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine | 5(1.3) | 3(1.2) | 2(1.4) | 1.000 |
| Vaccinated with influenza vaccine | 1(0.3) | 1(0.4) | 0(0) | 1.000 |
*P values denote comparisons between SARI patients with confirmed pathogens and SARI patients without confirmed pathogens.