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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and Clinical symptoms, signs of HMPV infections

From: Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of 96 pediatric human metapneumovirus infections in Henan, China after COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective analysis

 

All patients

(No. = 96)

Mild pneumonia

(No. = 71)

Severe pneumonia

(No. = 25)

P value

Demographics

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 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

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 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

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 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

  1. Categorical variables are expressed as numbers (%), and continuous variables as median (IQR). 4 special cases: 2 patients were hospitalized without respiratory symptoms as the main complaint, including a patient with burns and a patient with gastrointestinal bleeding. After admission, diagnosis of hemophagocytic syndrome was highly suspected in a patient with deteriorated condition. Additionally, a patient was diagnosed with ganglioneuroblastoma