Table 2.
Distribution of symptoms in children with positive RT-PCR and/or RAT test in the non-Omicron and Omicron periods.
| Non-Omicron period N = 365 |
Omicron period N = 376 |
p-values | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years), median (IQR) | 3 (1–7) | 3 (0.9–7) | 0.48 |
| Male | 52.9 | 52.7 | 0.95 |
| Fever | 75.9 | 86.4 | <0.001 |
| Chills | 18.8 | 30.4 | <0.001 |
| Rhinorrhea | 69.5 | 65.9 | 0.30 |
| Anosmia/ageusia | 6.6 | 3.9 | 0.22 |
| Poor eating | 30.8 | 38 | 0.05 |
| Cough | 59.8 | 53.4 | 0.09 |
| Dyspnea/wheezing | 15.5 | 8.5 | 0.006 |
| Pain | 18.2 | 21.9 | 0.26 |
| Asthenia | 44.5 | 54.4 | 0.01 |
| Headache | 36.3 | 35.3 | 0.86 |
| Sore throat | 24.1 | 26.4 | 0.57 |
| Nausea | 10.9 | 13.6 | 0.33 |
| Vomiting | 14.4 | 19.7 | 0.07 |
| Diarrhea | 15.9 | 11 | 0.06 |
| Cutaneous signs | 4.3 | 5.1 | 0.72 |
Data are displayed as percentage of available data unless otherwise indicated. Quantitative data were compared by Student’s t test and categorical data by Chi-square or Fisher’s exact test. Significant p-values (<0.05) are in bold.
RAT: rapid antigen test.