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Table 1 The proportion of respiratory infections and outpatient visits from January to April in 2018-2020

From: Epidemiological and virological characteristics of respiratory tract infections in children during COVID-19 outbreak

Categories

2018

2019

2020

p

Age median (IQR) (years)

2 (0, 4)

2 (1, 4)

2 (1, 5)

< 0.001

Age ( n, %)

    

≤ 3 (toddlers and infants)

247,538(71.0)

189,036 (64.8)

80,247 (67.1)

< 0.001

>3–6 (preschool children)

67,261 (19.3)

68,241 (23.4)

24,018 (20.1)

≥ 6–18 ( school students)

33,963(9.7)

34,280 (11.8)

15,267 (12.8)

Gender ( n, %)

    

Male

197,058 (56.5)

162,112 (55.6)

65,245 (54.6)

< 0.001

Female

151,704 (43.5)

129,445 (44.4)

54,287 (45.4)

Respiratory tract infection (n/N, %)

    

Upper respiratory tract infection

176,672/348,762

(50.7)

139,481/291,557 (47.8)

6413/119,532 (5.4)

< 0.001

Lower respiratory tract infection

172,090/348,762 (49.3)

152,076/291,557 (52.2)

113,119/119,532 (94.6)

Patients with respiratory tract infection /outpatient visits n/N (%)

 January

123,861/315,685(39.2)

94,862/266,190 (35.6)

91,911/241,251 (38.1)

< 0.001

 February

83,448/227,398(36.7)

51,400/177,377 (29.0)

9093/43,306 (20.1)

< 0.001

 March

72,383/243,546(29.7)

62,017/217,870 (28.5)

9137/108,989 (8.4)

< 0.001

 April

69,070/247,039(28.0)

83,278/281,457 (29.6)

9391/135,708 (6.9)

< 0.001

 Total

348,762/1,033,668(33.7)

291,557/942,894 (30.9)

119,532/529,254 (22.6)

< 0.001

  1. IQR interquartile range; p < 0.05 was considered statistically different