Table 3 Clinical characteristics and biomarkers of the patients.

From: A new dynamic nomogram for predicting the risk of severe Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in children

Variables

All (n = 526)

Training cohort

p

Validation cohort

p

GMPP (n = 200)

SMPP (n = 221)

GMPP (n = 48)

SMPP (n = 57)

Biomarkers

 WBC, 109/L

8.95 (7.03,12.05)

8.59 (6.25,11.69)

9.64 (7.51,12.82)

0.006

8.65 (7.31,10.23)

8.39 (6.32,11.68)

0.622

 N%, %

62.50 (48.80,75.50)

59.70 (46.28,69.13)

67.75 (49.88,80.38)

 < 0.001

(57.94 ± 15.89)

(63.56 ± 18.29)

0.207

 L%, %

29.60 (18.55,41.75)

32.55 (24.28,45.40)

25.30 (15.33,40.15)

 < 0.001

34.70 (24.10,39.60)

28.25 (15.73,37.45)

0.069

 NLR

2.12 (1.17,4.03)

1.82 (1.00,2.87)

2.68 (1.20,5.20)

 < 0.001

1.71 (1.30,2.92)

2.35 (1.45,4.90)

0.067

 AGR

1.66 (1.38,2.00)

1.83 (1.57,2.08)

1.51 (1.23,1.87)

 < 0.001

(1.86 ± 0.46)

(1.58 ± 0.49)

0.606

 CRP, mg/L

6.60 (0.80,23.27)

4.16 (0.50,12.60)

13.45 (2.40,40.13)

 < 0.001

5.36 (0.80,23.07)

7.30 (0.80,39.95)

0.330

 ESR, mm/h

35.00 (20.00,52.50)

29.00 (18.00,40.50)

40.00 (20.25,61.00)

 < 0.001

(34.50 ± 20.89)

(38.54 ± 19.94)

0.721

 MPV, fL

9.40 (8.90,10.00)

9.30 (8.88,9.80)

9.60 (9.00,10.30)

0.002

9.10 (8.70,9.70)

9.35 (8.70,10.00)

0.344

Clinical characteristics

 Age, months

52.00 (27.00,83.00)

60.00 (36.00,84.00)

44.00 (21.00,78.75)

0.004

51.00 (33.00,71.00)

43.00 (25.50,84.00)

0.526

 Sex

294 (55.89%)

  

0.503

  

0.232

  Female

232 (44.11%)

84 (42.00%)

100 (45.20%)

 

25 (52.10%)

23 (40.40%)

 

  Male

294 (55.89%)

116 (58.00%)

121 (54.80%)

 

23 (47.90%)

34 (59.60%)

 

 Primary disease

60 (11.41%)

  

 < 0.001

  

0.297

  No

 

191 (95.50%)

180 (81.40%)

 

45 (93.80%)

50 (87.70%)

 

  Yes

 

9 (4.50%)

41 (18.60%)

 

3 (6.30%)

7 (12.30%)

 

 Coinfection

246 (46.77%)

  

 < 0.001

  

 < 0.001

  No

 

131 (65.50%)

104 (47.10%)

 

29 (60.40%)

16 (28.10%)

 

  Yes

 

69 (34.50%)

117 (52.90%)

 

19 (39.60%)

41 (71.90%)

 

 Pleural effusion

146 (27.76%)

  

 < 0.001

  

0.065

  No

 

158 (79.00%)

141 (63.80%)

 

41 (85.40%)

40 (70.20%)

 

  Yes

 

42 (21.00%)

80 (36.20%)

 

7 (14.60%)

17 (29.80%)

 

 Fever days

362 (68.82%)

  

 < 0.001

  

 < 0.001

  < 7

 

91 (45.50%)

39 (17.60%)

 

24 (50.00%)

10 (17.50%)

 

  ≥ 7

 

109 (54.50%)

182 (82.40%)

 

24 (50.00%)

47 (82.50%)

 

 Wheeze

153 (29.09%)

  

 < 0.001

  

0.006

  No

 

164 (82.00%)

138 (62.40%)

 

39 (81.30%)

32 (56.10%)

 

  Yes

 

36 (18.00%)

83 (37.60%)

 

9 (18.80%)

25 (43.90%)