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Table 1 Comparison of the clinical characteristics of the different groups of HAdV infection

From: Human adenovirus load in respiratory tract secretions are predictors for disease severity in children with human adenovirus pneumonia

 

HAdV, N(%)

Positive (n = 174)

Negative (n = 1139)

P

Single Detection

(n = 70)a

Co-detection

(n = 104)b

P

Gender(male)

111(63.79)

713(62.60)

0.98

39(55.71)

68(65.38)

0.199

age (months) IQR

12.5(10–28.25)

11(5.98–25)

0.38

14(11–34.5)

12(8.25–24)

0.063

Age group

 < 6

19(10.92)

284(24.93)

0.000

5(7.14)

14(13.46)

0.190

 6–23

97(55.75)

521(45.74)

0.017

37(52.86)

60(57.69)

0.529

 24–60

46(26.44)

239(20.98)

0.104

21(30.00)

25(24.04)

0.382

 > 60

12(6.90)

95(8.34)

0.517

7(10.00)

5(4.81)

0.228

Duration of Hospitalization (days)

8(6–10)

7(6–9)

0.046

8(6–10)

8(6–10)

0.697

Duration of fever (days)

6(3.5–8)

4(2–6)

0.000

6(4.5–8)

5(3–7.75)

0.202

 Cough

174(100)

1139(100)

 

70(100)

104(100)

 

 Fever

143(79.89)

693(60.84)

0.000

61(87.14)

80(76.92)

0.092

 Diarrhea

33(18.97)

219(19.22)

0.935

13(18.57)

20(19.23)

0.913

 Wheezing

73(41.95)

561(49.25)

0.073

24(34.29)

49(47.12)

0.093

 Vomiting

30(17.24)

184(16.15)

0.718

11(15.71)

19(18.27)

0.662

Outcome

Disease severity of CPA

 Mild

108(62.07)

936(82.18)

0.000

38(54.29)

70(67.31)

0.083

 Severe

33(18.97)

145(12.73)

0.025

14(20.00)

19(18.27)

0.775

 Very severe

33(18.97)

58(5.09)

0.000

18(25.71)

15(14.42)

0.062

Admission to PICU

31(17.80)

89(7.80)

0.000

8(11.40)

23(22.10)

0.071

supplemental oxygen requirement

35(20.10)

134(11.76)

0.002

13(18.57)

22(21.20)

0.877

HAdV load from NPAs(log 10 copies/mL)

3.27 ± 2.15

N

 

3.48 ± 2.44

3.21 ± 2.02

0.408

  1. aSeventy patients with single HAdV infection, and mycoplasma, chlamydia, and bacteria were not excluded
  2. bOne hundred and four patients with HAdV pathogen plus any other respiratory viral pathogen infection, and mycoplasma, chlamydia, and bacteria were not excluded