Clinical profile of recurrent community-acquired pneumonia in children

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study population

	Patients with rCAP	%	Healthy controls	%	Comparison between groups
	(n = 146)		(n = 145)		p*
Gender
Female	73	50.0	73	50.0	0.95
Male	73	50.0	72	50.0
Age, mean ± SD (yrs)	7.9 ± 4.5		8.1 ± 4.5		0.70
Gestational age (weeks)
<32	11	7.5	0	0
32-36	18	12.3	17	11.7	0.003
≥37	117	80.2	128	88.3
Birth weight (g)
<750	3	2.1	0	0
750-1,000	1	0.7	0	0
1,001-1,500	7	4.8	0	0	0.006
1,501-2,500	14	9.6	7	4.8
>2500	121	82.8	138	95.2
Respiratory distress at birth
Yes	26	17.8	0	0	<0.001
No	120	82.2	145	100
Breast-feeding >3 months
Yes	83	58.4	85	58.6	0.94
No	59	41.6	60	41.4
Type of dwelling
Urban	127	87.0	124	85.5	0.72
Rural	19	13.0	21	14.5
Exposure to cigarette smoke
Yes	55	37.7	45	31.0	0.23
No	91	62.3	100	69.0
Number of siblings
0	48	32.9	45	31.0	0.08
1	66	45.2	74	51.0
2	26	17.8	26	17.9
≥3	6	4.1	0	0
Age starting day care attendance
≤1 year	14	9.6	0	0	<0.001
>13-23 months	24	16.4	2	1.4
24-35 months	33	22.6	40	27.6
36-47 months	64	43.8	103	71.0
≥4 years	11	7.5	0	0

rCAP: recurrent community-acquired pneumonia; SD: standard deviation. *P values were calculated using Student’s t test, the chi-squared test or Fisher’s test, as appropriate.

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