| All patients (No. = 96) | Mild pneumonia (No. = 71) | Severe pneumonia (No. = 25) | P value |
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Demographics | -- | -- | -- | -- |
 Age, median (IQR), months | 33.5 (12.0, 48.0) | 36 (12.0, 53.0) | 12 (7.5, 36.0) | 0.005 |
 Male sex, No. (%) | 58 (60.4) | 42 (59.2) | 16 (64.0) | 0.670 |
 Urban, No. (%) | 67 (69.8) | 55 (77.5) | 12 (48.0) | 0.06 |
Symptoms on presentation | -- | -- | -- | -- |
 Fever, No. (%) | 78 (81.3) | 60 (84.5) | 18 (72.0) | 0.168 |
 Cough, No. (%) | 89 (92.7) | 66 (93.0) | 23 (92.0) | 0.874 |
 Wheezing, No. (%) | 29 (30.2) | 15 (21.1) | 14 (56.0) | 0.001 |
 Fever, cough, wheezing, No. (%) | 17 (17.7) | 9 (12.7) | 8 (32.0) | 0.063 |
 Fever, cough, No. (%) | 55 (57.3) | 47 (66.2) | 8 (32.0) | 0.003 |
 Fever, wheezing, No. (%) | 2 (2.1) | 2 (2.8) | 0 (0.0) | 1.000 |
 Cough, wheezing No. (%) | 10 (10.4) | 4 (5.6) | 6 (24.0) | 0.018 |
 Fever alone, No. (%) | 4 (4.2) | 2 (2.8) | 2 (8.0) | 0.277 |
 Cough alone, No. (%) | 7 (7.3) | 6 (8.5) | 1 (4.0) | 0.672 |
Vital signs at presentation | -- | -- | -- | -- |
 Temperature, median (IQR), No., °C | 36.8 (36.5, 37.2), 96 | 36.8 (36.5, 37.1), 71 | 37.0 (36.7, 37.8), 25 | 0.133 |
 Temperature max, median (IQR), No., °C | 39.0 (38.5, 39.5), 86 | 39.0 (38.5, 39.6), 65 | 38.8 (38.4, 39.5), 21 | 0.636 |
 Respiratory rate, median (IQR), No., breaths/min | 28.0 (25.0, 32.0), 96 | 26.0 (25.0, 30.0), 71 | 35.0 (28.0, 44.5), 25 | 0.000003 |
 Heart rate, median (IQR), No., /min | 117.0 (106.5, 130.0), 96 | 112.0 (105.0, 124.0), 71 | 130.0 (114.0, 163.5), 25 | 0.000191 |
 Weight, median (IQR), No., Kg | 13.1 (10.4, 18.0), 94 | 14.0 (11.7, 18.0), 69 | 11.0 (8.8, 14.6), 25 | 0.002 |
 Birth weight, median (IQR), No., Kg | 3.3 (3.0, 3.5) 93 | 3.3 (3.1, 3.4), 69 | 3.3 (3.0, 3.5), 24 | 0.975 |
 Duration from illness onset to hospitalization, median (IQR), days | 5.0 (4.0, 9.0) | 5.0 (4.0, 11.0) | 4.0 (3.0, 7.5) | 0.112 |
 Duration from hospitalization to diagnosis, median (IQR), days | 2 (1.0, 2.0) | 2 (1.0, 2.0) | 2 (1.0, 2.0) | 0.346 |
 Duration from diagnosis to hospital discharge, median (IQR), days | 4 (2.0, 9.0) | 4 (3.0, 5.0) | 6 (4.5, 9.5) | 0.000027 |
 Duration of hospitalization, median (IQR), days | 6.0 (5.0, 8.0) | 6.0 (5.0, 7.0) | 8.0 (6.0, 13.5) | 0.000321 |