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Table 5 Clinical characteristics of HBoV-positive patients with or without bacteria

From: Epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of human bocavirus infection in infants and young children suffering with community acquired pneumonia in Ningxia, China

Variable

With bacteria (n = 24)

Without bacteria (n = 64)

X2/Z

P

Gender

  

1.513

0.219

 Male

18 (75.0%)

39 (60.9%)

  

 Female

6 (25.0%)

25 (39.1%)

  

Age

  

14.245

0.007*

 < 1

16 (66.7%)

16 (25.0%)

  

 1–2

5 (20.8%)

19 (29.7%)

  

 2–3

1 (4.2%)

9 (14.1%)

  

 3–5

1 (4.2%)

15 (23.4%)

  

 5

1 (4.2%)

5 (7.8%)

  

Clinical Features

    

 Cough

22 (91.7%)

63 (98.4%)

2.430

0.179

 Wheezing

9 (40.9%)

16 (27.6%)

1.318

0.251

 Tachypnea

4 (16.7%)

11 (17.2%)

0.003

1.000

 Pharyngeal hyperaemia

20 (83.3%)

45 (71.4%)

1.304

0.408

 Rales

11 (45.8%)

19 (31.1%)

1.627

0.202

T  38.5℃

7 (29.2%)

25 (39.1%)

0.739

0.390

 WBC, 109/L

9.1 (7.1, 13.7)

9.2 (6.8, 11.4)

− 0.773

0.440

 NEUT, %

46.4 (19.4, 66.5)

38.8 (30.3, 61.5)

− 0.473

0.636

 LDH, U/L

312.5 (284.3, 363.0)

304.0 (270.3, 342.5)

− 0.947

0.344

 AST, U/L

36.9 (29.8, 43.6)

33.8 (27.5, 38.1)

− 1.474

0.140

 ALT, U/L

18.3 (10.9, 24.9)

13.5 (9.2, 17.9)

− 1.964

0.050

 CRP, mg/L

6.0 (1.0, 25.3)

3.5 (1.1, 8.7)

− 1.010

0.312

 PCT, ng/mL

0.29 (0.1, 3.7)

0.31 (0.11, 5.8)

− 0.972

0.331

 Hospitalization days

7.0 (5.0, 9.0)

6.0 (5.0–8.0)

− 0.826

0.409

Severe pneumonia

4 (16.7%)

6 (9.4%)

0.921

0.451

  1. Measurement data were expressed as median (IQR), and data were compared by rank sum test; Categorical variables were expressed as number and percentage, proportion were compared by chi-squared
  2. CRP, C-reactive protein; PCT, procalcitonin
  3. Reference levels: WBC (4.4–11.9)109/L, NEUT (40–75) %, LDH (120–250) U/L, AST (13–35) U/L, ALT (7–40) U/L, CRP (0–10) mg/L, PCT (0–0.046) ng/mL
  4. *Age was statistically significant between the two groups (P < 0.05)