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Table 1 Fever and cough symptoms among 50 age-matched pairs of symptomatic pediatric COVID-19 patients and patients with adenovirus respiratory infection

From: Comparative analysis of clinical features of SARS-CoV-2 and adenovirus infection among children

Sign and symptom

AyesCyes

AyesCno

AnoCyes

AnoCno

p

OR (95% CI)

Fever

30(60)

16(32)

3(6)

1(2)

0.006

5.33 (1.55–18.33)

Cough

24(48)

18(36)

5(10)

3(6)

0.012

3.60 (1.34–9.70)

Dry cough

6(12)

6(12)

14(28)

24(48)

0.118

0.43 (0.16–1.12)

Wet cough

7(14)

23(46)

2(4)

18(36)

< 0.001

11.50 (2.71–48.78)

  1. Data in the table are count (%) and OR (95%CI). p values were derived from McNemar χ2 test or exact McNemar χ2 test. The A and C combinations denote whether a particular symptom was present (subscript yes) or not (subscript no) for an Adenovirus (A) infection and SARS-CoV-2 infection
  2. CI confidence interval, COVID-19 coronavirus disease 19, OR odds ratio
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