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Table 4 Co-morbidities among young children with asthma syndrome and pneumonia in Mulago hospital Uganda

From: Clinical outcomes of children with acute asthma and pneumonia in Mulago hospital, Uganda: a prospective study

Variable

Asthma syndrome (N=203)

Bacterial pneumonia (N = 167)

Combined asthma and bacterial pneumonia (N = 50)

Viral pneumonia (N = 163)

n(%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Malaria

52 (25.6)

39 (23.4)

9 (18.0)

51 (31.5)

HIV infection

3 (1.5)

15 (9.4)

3 (6.4)

13 (8.4)

Severe acute malnutrition

3 (1.5)

25 (15.8)

2 (4.2)

11 (6.8)

Under-weight

29 (14.3)

39 (24.7)

11 (22.9)

40 (24.8)