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Table 2 Comparison between complicated and uncomplicated community acquired pneumonia (CAP) groups as regard baseline characteristics

From: Red cell distribution width as a prognostic marker for complications of community-acquired pneumonia in children: a comparison with Proadrenomedullin and Copeptin

  

Group (I)

Uncomplicated CAP(n = 72)

Group (II) Complicated CAP (N = 27)

P value

Age (months)

Median (IQR)

4(2–12)

5(2–48)

0.218

Sex

Male

Female

41(56.9%)

31(43.1%)

19(70.4%)

8(29.6%)

0.223

Weight (Kg)

Median(IQR)

6(5–8)

5(4.5–18)

0.893

Length of Hospital Stay. (days)

Median(IQR)

5.5(4–8)

11(9–16)

< 0.001*

Cyanosis

-Ve

+Ve

71(98.6%)

1(1.4%)

20(74.1%)

7(25.9%)

< 0.001*

  1. Mann Whitney test for non-parametric quantitative data between the two groups
  2. Chi square test or Fisher’s exact test for qualitative data between the two groups
  3. *: Significant level at P value < 0.05
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