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Table 1 General characteristics of MPP children

From: The correlation between vitamin a status and refractory Mycoplasma Pneumoniae pneumonia (RMPP) incidence in children

General characteristics

GMPP (n = 152)

RMPP (n = 29)

P

Age (month), Median (IQR)

46.00 (26.25–72.25)

55.00 (37.00–83.00)

0.062

Male/Female

82/70

18/11

0.422

BMI (kg/m2), Median (IQR)

16.44 (15.08–17.78)

15.92 (14.58–16.40)

0.168

Extrapulmonary manifestations (n, %)

22 (14.47%)

17 (58.62%)

< 0.001*

Oxygenation (n, %)a

69 (45.39%)

29 (100.00%)

< 0.001*

Fever duration (day), Median (IQR)

5.00 (2.00–8.00)

10.00 (9.00–13.00)

< 0.001*

CRP (mg/L), Median (IQR)b

0 (0.00–11.00)

20.00 (0.00–32.50)

< 0.001*

PCT (mg/L), Median (IQR)

0.074 (0.043–0.132)

0.188 (0.105–0.716)

< 0.001*

Prealbumin (g/L), Median (IQR)

115.00 (97.00–151.00)

82.00 (68.00–100.00)

< 0.001*

LDH (U/L), Median (IQR)

331.50 (288.00–381.25)

388.00 (298.50–480.80)

0.017*

LOS (day), Median (IQR)

6.00 (5.00–7.75)

9.00 (7.50–10.00)

< 0.001*

VAD (n, %)

40 (31.75%)

11 (68.75%)

0.004*

  1. * showed difference between RMPP and GMPP groups (P < 0.05)
  2. a including nasal oxygen breath and Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)
  3. b CRP values under minimum threshold of measurement (8 mg/L) were taken as 0 mg/L