Table 4. Disease severity by sex and age in SARS-CoV-2-positive children with symptoms suggestive of COVID-19, Italy, 23 February–24 May 2020 (n = 159) .
| Disease severity | Sex | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male n = 77 | Female n = 82 | |||||||||
| n | % | n | % | |||||||
| Asymptomatic | 4 | 5.2 | 4 | 4.9 | ||||||
| Mild | 56 | 72.7 | 68 | 82.9 | ||||||
| Moderate | 13 | 16.9 | 7 | 8.5 | ||||||
| Severe | 3 | 3.9 | 2 | 2.4 | ||||||
| Critical | 1 | 1.3 | 1 | 1.2 | ||||||
| Disease severity | Age | |||||||||
|
< 6 months
n = 19 |
6– <24 months
n = 17 |
2–9 years
n = 37 |
10–18 years
n = 86 |
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| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
| Asymptomatic | 3 | 15.8 | 1 | 5.9 | 2 | 5.4 | 2 | 2.3 | ||
| Mild | 11 | 57.9 | 14 | 82.4 | 32 | 86.5 | 67 | 77.9 | ||
| Moderate | 3 | 15.8 | 1 | 5.9 | 1 | 2.7 | 15 | 17.4 | ||
| Severe | 1 | 5.3 | 1 | 5.9 | 1 | 2.7 | 2 | 2.3 | ||
| Critical | 1 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | ||
COVID-19: coronavirus disease; ICU: intensive care unit; SARS-CoV-2: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
There was no significant difference (p < 0.05) by age and sex.