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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of RSV positivity children hospitalized with acute lower respiratory tract infection in Hunan, China, July 1, 2013–June 30, 2022

From: Seasonality of respiratory syncytial virus infection in children hospitalized with acute lower respiratory tract infections in Hunan, China, 2013–2022

Characteristics

2013–2014

No. (%)

2014–2015

No. (%)

2015–2016

No. (%)

2016–2017

No. (%)

2017–2018

No. (%)

2018–2019

No. (%)

2019–2020

No. (%)

2020–2021

No. (%)

2021–2022

No. (%)

Total

χ2/H

 

P

No. patients

839

797

656

811

831

1121

596

1060

855

7566

   

Gender, male

551 (65.7)

516 (64.7)

402 (61.3)

519 (64.0)

547 (65.8)

710 (63.3)

368 (61.7)

637 (60.1)

555 (64.9)

4805 (63.5)

12.504

 

0.130

Age, months

8.0 (4.0, 16.0)

7.0 (3.0, 14.0)

7 (3, 15)

7 (3, 15)

8 (4, 14)

8 (3, 16)

12 (5, 28)a

14 (7, 29)b

15 (6, 31)c

9(4, 20)

526.252

 

<0.001

Age group, months

542.017

 

<0.001

1–5

295 (35.2)

336 (42.2)

264 (40.2)

372 (45.9)

301 (36.2)

424 (37.8)

168 (28.2)

215 (20.3)

181 (21.2)

2556 (33.8)

   

6–11

239 (28.5)

223 (28.0)

179 (27.3)

175 (21.6)

246 (29.6)

282 (25.2)

128 (21.5)

221 (20.8)

180 (21.1)

1873 (24.8)

   

12–23

190 (22.6)

138 (17.3)

121 (18.4)

137 (16.9)

167 (20.1)

241 (21.5)

112 (18.8)

276 (26.0)

192 (22.5)

1574 (20.8)

   

24–59

114 (13.6)

95 (11.9)

87 (13.3)

120 (14.8)

113 (13.6)

165 (14.7)

180 (30.2)

334 (31.5)

283 (33.1)

1491 (19.7)

   

≥ 60

1 (0.1)

5 (0.6)

5 (0.8)

7 (0.9)

4 (0.5)

9 (0.8)

8 (1.3)

14 (1.3)

19 (2.2)

72 (1.0)

   

Underlying medical condition

  

CHD#

49 (5.8)

54 (6.8)

36 (5.5)

47 (5.8)

44 (5.3)

41 (3.7)

12 (2.0)

37 (3.5)

36 (4.2)

356 (4.7)

30.048

 

<0.001

Chronic lung diseases*

4 (0.5)

2 (0.3)

4 (0.6)

4 (0.5)

3 (0.4)

2 (0.2)

2 (0.3)

4 (0.4)

3 (0.4)

28 (0.4)

3.069

 

0.930

Anemia

(Hb<90 g/l)†

16 (1.9)

12 (1.5)

12 (1.8)

12 (1.5)

7 (0.8)

16 (1.4)

2 (0.3)

12 (1.1)

8 (0.9)

97 (1.3)

11.380

 

0.181

Malnutrition

2 (0.2)

2 (0.3)

1 (0.2)

3 (0.4)

2 (0.2)

1 (0.1)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.1)

0 (0.0)

12 (0.2)

6.331

 

0.610

Asthma

26 (3.1)

15 (1.9)

16 (2.4)

16 (2.0)

20 (2.4)

36 (3.2)

23 (3.9)

36 (3.4)

32 (3.7)

220 (2.9)

12.122

 

0.146

History of prematurity&

22 (2.6)

56 (7.0)

48 (7.3)

37 (4.6)

52 (6.3)

116 (10.3)

12 (2.0)

102 (9.6)

78 (9.1)

523 (6.9)

93.081

 

<0.001

LOS

7 (6, 9)

7 (6, 9)

7 (5, 8)

6 (5, 8)

6 (5, 8)

6 (5, 8)

6 (5, 7)

6 (5, 7)

6 (5, 7)

6 (5, 8)

419.400

 

<0.001

hospital costs, $

920 (767, 1173)

1072 (853, 1480)

1032 (835, 1438)

967 (794, 1311)

1094 (853, 1446)

975 (771, 1382)

856 (726, 1083)

1000 (791, 1395)

1052 (855, 1501)

992 (799, 1362)

239.508

 

<0.001

Admission into PICU

34 (4.1)

82 (10.3)

59 (9.0)

70 (8.6)

85 (10.2)

115 (10.3)

8 (1.3)

49 (4.6)

72 (8.4)

574 (7.6)

93.330

 

<0.001

Severe pneumonia

91 (10.8)

118 (14.8)

92 (14.0)

79 (9.7)

107 (12.9)

151 (13.5)

26 (4.4)

74 (7.0)

89 (10.4)

827 (10.9)

72.214

 

<0.001

Co-infected

51(6.1)

68(8.5)

67(10.2)

53(6.5)

79(9.5)

140(11.3)

26(4.4)

18(1.7)

36(4.2)

525(6.9)

118.205

 

<0.001

  1. Notes: The data of age, months, LOS, and hospital costs were presented with a median (P25, P75). No. (%), which stands for patient number (percentage). LOS means length of stay. PICU means pediatric intensive care unit. $ means US dollar. &Prematurity was defined as birth at gestational age < 37 weeks. #CHD, Congenital heart disease. *For example, bronchopulmonary dysplasia. †Moderate to severe anemia, defined as hemoglobin < 90 g/L at hospital admission. aP < 0.05, for comparison of median age in 2019–2020 with other groups; bP < 0.05, for comparison of median age in 2020–2021 with other groups; cP < 0.05, for comparison of median age in 2021–2022 with other groups (exclude 2020–2021)