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Table 1 Distribution of baseline features in children diagnosed with pneumonia and URTI

From: The value of lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in differentiating pneumonia from upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) in children: a cross-sectional study

Parameter

Pneumonia

URTI

(N = 2548)

(N = 2663)

Demographic, n (%)

 Age (years)*

   < 1

741 (29.08)

260 (9.76)

  1–2

528 (20.72)

434 (16.3)

  3–4

484 (19)

443 (16.64)

  5–6

310 (12.17)

356 (13.37)

   ≥ 7

485 (19.03)

1170 (43.94)

  Male sex

1384 (54.32)

1423 (53.44)

 Clinical features, n (%)

  Fever (BT ≥ 37 °C) *

1967 (77.2)

1705 (64.03)

  Cough *

2365 (92.82)

1594 (59.86)

  Rhinorrhea *

561 (22.02)

859 (32.26)

 Complete blood count, median (IQR)

  WBC (×10^9/L)

7.66 (5.91, 10.06)

7.78 (5.87,10.22)

  NC (×10^9/L) *

3.03 (1.92,4.63)

4.44 (2.83,6.7)

  MC (×10^9/L) *

0.49 (0.34,0.71)

0.6 (0.45,0.78)

  EC (× 10^9/L) *

0.14 (0.05,0.27)

0.07 (0.02,0.18)

  LC (×10^9/L) *

3.4 (2.22,5.11)

2.07 (1.34,3.19)

  CRP (mg/L) *

3.8 (1.2,9.6)

4 (1.5,9.8)

  LMR*

7.09 (4.57,10.61)

3.45 (2.14,5.61)

  NLR*

0.87 (0.43,1.76)

2.18 (1.09,4.27)

  1. For the comparison between pneumonia and UTRI, Chi-square test for categorical variables and Wilcoxon-rank sum test for continuous variable was employed; *p < 0.05