TABLE 3.
Baseline characteristics of pediatric patients in each group
| Group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Pidotimod (n = 137) | YPF (n = 134) | Placebo (n = 67) | P |
| Age (years) | 4.5 ± 1.3 | 4.5 ± 1.3 | 4.4 ± 1.4 | 0.9201 |
| Number of girls | 51 (37.23) | 55 (41.04) | 30 (44.78) | 0.5693 |
| Physical examination | ||||
| Height (cm) | 106.02 ± 13.31 | 106.31 ± 12.41 | 103.84 ± 13.35 | 0.4163 |
| Weight (kg) | 18.55 ± 4.44 | 19.10 ± 5.31 | 18.45 ± 4.96 | 0.6705 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 16.55 ± 2.93 | 16.82 ± 3.27 | 17.13 ± 3.55 | 0.5976 |
| Body temperature (°C) | 36.62 ± 0.25 | 36.59 ± 0.24 | 36.61 ± 0.21 | 0.3905 |
| Heart rate (times/min) | 96.13 ± 10.72 | 97.91 ± 11.04 | 98.52 ± 10.68 | 0.3658 |
| Respiration (times/min) | 23.61 ± 3.54 | 23.54 ± 3.44 | 24.01 ± 2.99 | 0.3557 |
| SBP (mmHg) | 89.77 ± 6.13 | 90.22 ± 6.48 | 91.14 ± 6.29 | 0.3010 |
| Drug allergy | 0 (0.00) | 3 (2.24) | 0 (0.00) | 0.1629 |
| STCMS | 9.02 ± 3.17 | 8.65 ± 3.17 | 9.19 ± 3.12 | 0.2847 |
| NRTI | 9.82 ± 3.35 | 10.07 ± 3.94 | 9.31 ± 2.76 | 0.5905 |
| NURTI | 7.54 ± 2.33 | 7.78 ± 3.06 | 7.37 ± 2.33 | 0.8303 |
| NLRTI | 2.28 ± 2.30 | 2.29 ± 2.03 | 1.94 ± 1.43 | 0.7498 |
| NBI | 1.78 ± 2.10 | 1.77 ± 1.69 | 1.52 ± 1.25 | 0.8347 |
| NLI | 0.50 ± 0.72 | 0.52 ± 0.82 | 0.42 ± 0.70 | 0.7003 |
Data are shown as n (%) or mean ± standard deviation. YPF, Yupingfeng; BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; STCMS, scores of Chinese medicine syndrome; NRTI, number of respiratory tract infections; NURTI, number of upper respiratory tract infections; NLRTI, number of lower respiratory tract infections; NBI, number of bronchus infections; NLI, number of lung infections.