Frequency of Hepatitis A virus as a cause of anicteric hepatitis in children under 5 years: a common yet under-recognized cause

Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of HAV-negative and HAV-positive groups

		HAV negative	HAV positive	Total (n = 200)	p-value
		n = 176 (88%)	n = 24 (12%)	Total (n = 200)	p-value
Sex	Male	94 (53.4%)	10 (41.7%)	104 (52%)	0.280
Sex	Female	82 (46.6%)	14 (58.3%)	96 (48%)	0.280
Age (months)	Mean ± SD Median (IQR)	27.00 ± 17.43	35.46 ± 17.59	24 (12–43)	0.027
Age (months)	Range	6–60	9–60	6–60	0.027
Age (≤, > 2 years; n (%))	Age ≤ 2 years	98 (55.7%)	6 (25%)	104 (52%)	0.005
Age (≤, > 2 years; n (%))	Age > 2 years	78 (44.3%)	18 (75.0%)	96 (48%)	0.005
Weight (kg)	Mean ± SD	11.25 ± 3.75	13.30 ± 4.24	11.49 ± 3.86 4.5–20	0.014
Weight (kg)	Range	4.5–20	6.5–20	11.49 ± 3.86 4.5–20	0.014
Height/length (cm)	Mean ± SD	83.45 ± 14.24	88.92 ± 13.94	84.11 ± 14.28	0.079
Height/length (cm)	Range	61–110	70–108	84.11 ± 14.28	0.079
BMI	Mean ± SD	15.83 ± 2.25	16.59 ± 2.50	−0.67 (−1.2–0)	0.128
BMI	Range	10.8–20.9	13.2–23.4	−0.67 (−1.2–0)	0.128
BMI Z-score	Median (IQR)	−0.67 (−1.2–0)	−0.34 (−1.24–0)	104 (52.0%)	0.506
BMI Z-score	Range	−2.5–1.2	−20.67	104 (52.0%)	0.506