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Table 1 Characteristics of the PICU and ward patients

From: Serum Leptin in Hospitalized Community-Acquired Pneumonia Children under the Age of Five Years

 

PICU group (n = 41)

Ward group (n = 41)

P value

Sex

  

1.000c

 Male

27 (65.9%)

27 (65.9%)

 Female

14 (34.1%)

14 (34.1%)

Age (months)

12.0 (10.0–36.0)a

12.0 (8.0–36.0)a

0.922d

Growth percentiles#

 < 5th percentile

1 (2.4%)

4 (9.8%)

0.274d

 5th to less than 85th percentile

29 (70.7%)

32 (78.0%)

 85th to less than 95th percentile

6 (14.6%)

3 (7.3%)

 95th percentile

5 (12.2%)

2 (4.9%)

Tachypnea

41 (100%)

41 (100%)

1.000c

Respiratory distress

 RD I

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

< 0.001*c

 RD II

10 (24.4%)

30 (73.2%)

 RD III

24 (58.5%)

11 (26.8%)

 RD IV

7 (17.1%)

0 (0.0%)

Cough

39 (95.1%)

31 (75.6%)

0.012*c

Fever

31 (75.6%)

19 (46.3%)

0.007*c

Wheezes

29 (70.7%)

28 (68.3%)

0.809c

Crepitation

29 (70.7%)

27 (65.9%)

0.635c

Tachycardia

26 (63.4 %)

8 (19.5%)

< 0.001*c

Feeding intolerance

32 (78.0%)

25 (61.0%)

0.093c

GCS

13.0 (12.0–14.0)a

15.0 (15.0–15.0)a

< 0.001*d

Pneumonia severity

 Moderate

15 (36.6%)

38 (92.7%)

< 0.001*c

 Severe

26 (63.4%)

3 (7.3%)

Serum leptin (pg/ml)

235.2 (0–677.6)a

0.0 (0.0–0.0)a

< 0.001d

CRP (mg/L)

120.0 (46.0–189.0)a

11.0 (5.0–19.0)a

0.001*d

Sputum culture positive

29 (70.7%)

12 (29.3%)

< 0.001*c

Organisms in sputum

 No growth

12 (29.3%)

41 (100.0%)

< 0.001*c

 Single organism

17 (41.5%)

0 (0.0%)

 More than one organism

12 (29.3%)

0 (0.0%)

Organisms in sputum

 Acinetobacter

6 (14.6%)

2 (4.9%)

0.264c

 Klebsiella

20 (48.8%)

4 (9.8%)

< 0.001*c

 Pseudomonas

15 (36.6%)

8 (19.5%)

0.085c

Needed mechanical ventilation

26 (63.4%)

0 (0.0%)

< 0.001*c

Duration of mechanical ventilation (days)

6.7 ± 1.9b

  

Hospital stay (days)

15.0 (11.0–19.0)a

10.0 (7.0–12.0)a

< 0.001*d

Mortality

3 (7.3%)

0 (0.0%)

0.241c

  1. aMedian (IQR)
  2. bMean ± SD
  3. cPearson’s Chi square test for independence/Fisher’s exact test
  4. dMann-Whitney test
  5. eStudent’s t test
  6. *Significant at p < 0.05
  7. #Calculated from body weight to length percentile curves in patients less than 24 months old and from body mass index percentiles curves in those aged 24 months or older