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Table 1 General characteristics of the patients

From: Comparison of different detection methods for Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in children with community-acquired pneumonia

Characteristic

Value for patients

Total

830

Age, No. (%)

  < 3 years

421 (50.7)

 3–5 years

215 (25.9)

 6–15 years

194 (23.4)

Sex, No. (%)

 Male

447 (53.9)

 Female

383 (46.1)

Underlying diseases, No. (%)

 None

680 (81.9)

 Congenital heart disease

101 (12.2)

 Congenital biliary atresia

7 (0.8)

 Brain lesions

15 (1.8)

 Other diseases

27 (3.3)

Need of oxygen

 Yes

61 (7.3)

 No

769 (92.7)

Prognosis after treat, No. (%)

 Alive

825 (99.4)

 Deatha

5 (0.6)

  1. aFour children died from congenital heart disease, and one died from primary immunodeficiency disease