Table 3: Clinical characteristics of children with acute respiratory infection.
Total n = 660 | < 1 year | 1-3 years | 4-6 years | p-value* | |||||||
n = 257 | n = 314 | n = 89 | |||||||||
Yes | No | Not informed | Yes | No | Not informed | Yes | No | Not informed | |||
Cough | n | 167 | 73 | 17 | 142 | 161 | 11 | 40 | 47 | 2 | < 0.0001 |
(%) | 65% | 28% | 7% | 45% | 51% | 4% | 45% | 53% | 2% | ||
Coryza | n | 67 | 174 | 16 | 136 | 168 | 10 | 27 | 60 | 2 | 0.0001 |
(%) | 26% | 68% | 6% | 43% | 54% | 3% | 30% | 67% | 2% | ||
Pulmonary Secr. | n | 56 | 185 | 16 | 107 | 197 | 10 | 30 | 57 | 2 | 0.0066 |
(%) | 22% | 72% | 6% | 34% | 63% | 3% | 34% | 64% | 2% | ||
Fever | n | 65 | 176 | 16 | 124 | 180 | 10 | 36 | 51 | 2 | 0.0015 |
(%) | 25% | 68% | 6% | 39% | 57% | 3% | 40% | 57% | 2% | ||
Nasal Obst. | n | 64 | 177 | 16 | 99 | 204 | 11 | 22 | 65 | 2 | 0.2054 |
(%) | 25% | 69% | 6% | 32% | 65% | 4% | 25% | 73% | 2% | ||
Otalgia | n | 12 | 230 | 15 | 33 | 270 | 11 | 10 | 77 | 2 | 0.0134 |
(%) | 5% | 89% | 6% | 11% | 86% | 4% | 11% | 87% | 2% | ||
Adventitious Sounds | n | 61 | 180 | 16 | 100 | 204 | 10 | 31 | 56 | 2 | 0.0702 |
(%) | 24% | 70% | 6% | 32% | 65% | 3% | 35% | 63% | 2% | ||
Apnea | n | 37 | 204 | 16 | 65 | 238 | 11 | 15 | 72 | 2 | 0.1916 |
(%) | 14% | 79% | 6% | 21% | 76% | 4% | 17% | 81% | 2% | ||
Dispnea | n | 55 | 186 | 16 | 89 | 214 | 11 | 27 | 60 | 2 | 1.1352 |
(%) | 21% | 72% | 6% | 28% | 68% | 4% | 30% | 67% | 2% | ||
Ocular Prur. | n | 32 | 209 | 16 | 49 | 255 | 10 | 8 | 78 | 3 | 0.3427 |
(%) | 12% | 81% | 6% | 16% | 81% | 3% | 9% | 88% | 3% |
*Chi-square test: The uninformed data were disregarded in this analysis.