Table 1 Characteristics of participants.

From: Differences of the respiratory microbiota between children suffering from community acquired pneumonia with presence or absence of asthma

Term

Asthma-CAP group

(n = 39)

Simple-CAP group

(n = 39)

P value

Age (month)

56.44 ± 32.872

56 ± 30.584

0.952

Sex

0.784

 Male

31 (79.5%)

30 (76.9%)

 

 Female

8

9

Fever

33 (84.6%)

34 (87.2%)

0.745

Days of fever before

sampling

4.74 ± 4.644

6.77 ± 5.719

0.072

Cough

39 (100%)

39 (100%)

-

LOS (d)

8.18 ± 2.846

7.21 ± 3.518

0.071

CRP (mg/L)

4.65 ± 6.10

13.28 ± 30.15

0.376

WBC (*109/L)

9.63 ± 4.84

10.09 ± 3.86

0.204

PCT (ng/mL)

0.27 ± 0.60

1.61 ± 8.31

0.738

HBP (ng/mL)

98.28 ± 80.89

119.06 ± 96.75

0.41

ESR (mm/h)

13.21 ± 9.16

26.22 ± 21.20

0.005*

LDH (U/L)

368.82 ± 134.81

395.13 ± 190.82

0.682

D-dimer (ng/mL)

189.97 ± 132.91

663.42 ± 928.64

0.001*

Oxygen support

9 (23.1%)

24 (61.5%)

0.001*

ICU

0

2 (5.1%)

0.152

  1. *Indicates a statistical difference of P < 0.05.