Table 1 Clinical characteristics and laboratory values of children infected by human bocavirus (HBoV) with high virus load and low virus load.

From: Clinical significance of different virus load of human bocavirus in patients with lower respiratory tract infection

Parameters

high virus load (n = 326)

low virus load (n = 328)

P value

Age (m), median

16.8 ± 12.2

22.2 ± 18.4

<0.001

Clinical features

 Cough

319 (97.9)

320 (97.6)

0.80

 Wheezing

118 (36.2)

41(12.5)

<0.001

 Fever

169 (51.8)

199 (60.7)

0.001

 Rhinorrhea

136 (41.7)

135 (41.2)

0.89

 Vomiting/diarrhea

75 (23.0)

85 (25.9)

0.39

 Tachypnea/dyspnea

43 (13.2)

17 (5.2)

<0.001

Median stay of hospitalization (d)

7

7

0.193

Laboratory values

 White blood cells, median (×109/L)

9.6 ± 4.9

9.3 ± 4.7

0.354

 Neutrophils, median (%)

47.3 ± 19.2

39.9 ± 18.2

0.024

 Platelet (×109/L)

370.2 ± 111.2

323 ± 114.3

0.083

 C-reaction protein, median (mg/L)

1.3 ± 0.9

2.5 ± 1.1

0.113

  1. Mean age, fever, wheezing and tachypnea/dyspnea at presentation were tested by logistic regression analysis.
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