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Table 1 Characteristics of children with history of hospitalisation for RSV bronchiolitis and healthy controls

From: Reduced PRF1 enhancer methylation in children with a history of severe RSV bronchiolitis in infancy: an association study

 

RSV-cases

Controls

p-value*

n

% or median (p25, p75)

n

% or median (p25, p75)

Age at blood sampling (years)

43

3.3 (3.2, 4.0)

43

4.0 (4.0, 5.0)

<.001

Gender

    

1

Female

15

34.9%

15

34.9%

 

Male

28

65.1%

28

65.1%

 

Gestational age

    

0.53

≥37 weeks

30

81.1%

28

87.5%

 

<37 weeks

7

18.9%

4

12.5%

 

Sibling status

    

0.02

None

2

5.7%

9

29%

 

≥1

33

94.3%

22

71%

 

Smoking in household

    

0.02

No

19

47.5%

24

75%

 

Yes

21

52.5%

8

25%

 
  1. *p-value calculated as either chi-square, Fisher’s exact, or Kruskal-Wallis test
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BMC Pediatrics

ISSN: 1471-2431

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