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Table 4 Comparison of SARI patients with RSV to those with a non-RSV or to those with no respiratory virus identified

From: Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with severe acute respiratory infections (SARI): results from the Egyptian surveillance study 2010–2014

Characteristic

RSV-positive (n = 485) N (%)

Other Viruses Positive (n = 590) N (%)

P*

No virus Identified

(n = 2132) N (%)

P$

Gender

 Female

257 (53)

312 (53)

0.203

810 (38)

0.000

 Male

228 (47)

278 (47)

 

1,322 (62)

 

Age

 Below 18 y

470 (97)

511 (87)

0.801

1,493 (70)

0.373

 Above 18 y

15 (3)

79 (13)

 

639 (30)

 

Symptom onset ≤7 days

456 (94)

480 (81)

0.064

1,211 (57)

0.250

Cough

485 (100)

536 (91)

0.882

2,132 (100)

1.000

SOB

485 (100)

548 (93)

1.000

1,555 (73)

0.077

Fever

485 (100)

590 (100)

1.000

2,132 (100)

1.000

Sore throat

174 (36)

311 (53)

0.000

654 (31)

0.000

Sputum production

254 (52)

312 (53)

1.000

1,169 (55)

0.870

Body aches

60 (12)

105 (18)

0.063

153 (7)

0.004

Tachypnea

442 (91)

558 (95)

0.063

1,732 (81)

0.087

Nasal congestion

322 (66)

325 (55)

1.000

300 (14)

0.060

Wheezing

414 (85)

467 (79)

0.031

360 (17)

0.063

Abnormal BS

239 (49)

319 (54)

0.008

955 (45)

0.022

Nausea or vomiting

54 (11)

62 (10)

0.988

209 (10)

0.003

Convulsions

44 (10)

64 (11)

0.677

63 (3)

0.046

pneumonia

13 (3)

16 (3)

1.000

175 (8)

0.001

Chronic lung disease

227 (47)

233 (39)

0.086

343 (16)

0.001

Cardiac disease

81 (17)

133 (23)

0.063

512 (24)

0.022

Endocrine disease

50 (10)

74 (13)

0.866

147 (7)

0.002

Renal disease

5 (1)

6 (1)

1.000

43 (2)

0.246

Neuromuscular disorder

30 (6)

60 (10)

0.333

176 (8)

0.033

ICU

82 (17)

137 (23)

0.121

606 (28)

0.000

Ventilation

43 (9)

57 (10)

0.473

221 (10)

0.343

ARDS

8 (1)

7 (1)

1.000

3 (0)

0.000

Respiratory Failure

9 (2)

13 (2)

0.988

45 (2)

1.000

Death

12 (2)

12 (2)

1.000

106 (5)

0.000

  1. *P for comparison for SARI patients with a positive result for RSV (RSV-positive SARI patients) and a reference group of tested SARI patients with a negative result for RSV (non-RSV-positive SARI patients).P$ for comparison between RSV-positive SARI patients and non-infected individuals (SARI-negative individuals); RSV Respiratory syncytial virus, SOB Shortness of breath, ICU Intensive care unit, ARDS Acute respiratory distress syndrome