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Table 2 Comparison between the three age groups

From: Clinical, laboratory, and radiological characteristics of COVID-19-infected children admitted to pediatric intensive care unit: a single-center experience

 

Age group

p

 < 1 y (n = 17)

1–5 y (n = 3)

6–12 y (n = 7)

Demographic and clinical characteristics

Male sex

10 (58.80%)

2 (66.70%)

4 (57.10%)

.960

Contact to a positive case

10 (58.80%)

2 (66.70%)

7 (100%)

.132

Comorbidity

7 (41.20%)

3 (100%)

6 (85.70%)

.041

Fever

13 (76.50%)

3 (100%)

7 (100%)

.251

Cough

7 (41.20%)

2 (66.70%)

5 (71.40%)

.446

Dyspnea

6 (35.30%)

3 (100%)

6 (85.70%)

.677

GIT symptoms

9 (52.90%)

1 (33.30%)

2 (28.60%)

.506

DCL

8 (47.10%)

2 (66.70%)

1 (14.30%)

.207

Convulsions

4 (23.50%)

2 (66.70%)

1 (14.30%)

.208

Shock

8 (47.10%)

1 (33.30%)

1 (14.30%)

.316

Laboratory characteristics

Anemia

11 (64.70%)

2 (66.67%)

4 (57.14%)

.932

Thrombocytopenia

5 (29.4%)

0 (0.00%)

1 (14.3%)

.445

Leukocytosis

8 (47.1%)

3 (100%)

5 (71.4%)

.170

Hypernatremia

8 (47.1%)

2 (66.7%)

4 (57.1%)

.779

Hypokalemia

4 (23.5%)

1 (33.3%)

1 (14.3%)

.466

Hyperkalemia

8 (47.1%)

0 (0.00%)

2 (28.6%)

 

Hypoxemia

7 (41.2%)

2 (66.7%)

3 (42.9%)

.712

Coagulopathy

7 (41.2%)

3 (100%)

3 (42.9%)

.162

High d-dimer

10 (58.8%)

3 (100%)

4 (57.1%)

.369

High troponin I

3 (17.65%)

1 (33.33%

2 (28.6%)

.87

Complications

AKI

7 (41.2%)

1 (33.3%)

2 (28.6%)

.836

Myocarditis

4 (23.5%)

1 (33.3%)

1 (14.3%)

.020

Pneumonia

8 (47.1%)

3 (100%)

7 (100%)

.284

MIS-C

5 (29.4%)

2 (66.7%)

2 (28.6%)

.430

CT findings

 CORADS

  3.00

4 (23.5%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

.596

  4.00

9 (52.9%)

2 (66.7%)

5 (71.4%)

 

  5.00

4 (23.5%)

1 (33.3%)

2 (28.6%)

 

Pneumonia

4 (23.5%)

2 (66.7%)

3 (42.9%)

.284

Bilateral findings

5 (29.4%)

1 (33.3%)

2 (28.6%)

.227

Cardiomegaly

11 (64.7%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (14.3%)

.02

  1. AKI, acute kidney injury; GIT, gastrointestinal tract; MIS-c, multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children; CORADS, COVID-19 reporting and data system