22 March 2022: Clinical Research
Causes of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections and the Use of Diagnostic Biomarkers in Blood Samples from Children in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China, Between July 2019 and June 2020
Yanzi Gan 1ABCDEFG , YuWei Hu 1BC , Hairong Dong 1CD , Lina Wu 1DE , Yan Niu 12AEF*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.934889
Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e934889
Table 2 Patient characteristics of 265 children treated for lower respiratory tract infection at the First Hospital of Hohhot from July 2019 to June 2020.
| Characteristics | Number | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 109 | 41.10% |
| Male | 156 | 58.90% |
| 3 months to 5 years | 80 | 30.20% |
| 2–6 years old | 149 | 56.20% |
| 7 to 12 years | 36 | 13.60% |
| Cough | 244 | 92.08% |
| Fever | 231 | 87.17% |
| Running nose | 225 | 84.91% |
| Rales | 170 | 64.15% |
| Headache | 154 | 58.11% |
| Sore throat | 217 | 81.89% |
| Total | 265 |