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Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics at admission of infants included in the study

From: Outcomes of viral coinfections in infants hospitalized for acute bronchiolitis

 

n = 445

Sex (% male)

260 (58.4)

Gestational age (weeks)

39 [37–40]

Birth weight (grams)

3100 [2745–3440]

Weight at admission (Kilograms)

5.2 [4.2–6.5]

Age at admission (months)

2.5 [1.4–4.6]

Prematurity (%)

67 (15.1)

Type of delivery (% caesarean section)

143 (32.1)

Patients with at least 1 comorbidity (%)

35 (7.9)

Underlying disease (%)

 

Chronic lung disease

Airway anomaly

Congenital heart disease

Central nervous system disorder

Neuromuscular disease

Down syndrome

Others

4 (0.9)

2 (0.5)

24 (5.4)

6 (1.3)

2 (0.5)

3 (0.7)

2 (0.5)

Family history of atopy (%)

84 (18.9)

Personal history of atopy (%)

33 (7.4)

Siblings (%)

289 (64.9)

Feeding modality (%)

 

Breastfeeding

Formula feeding

251 (56.4)

180 (40.4)

Fever (%)

222 (49.9)

Food refusal (%)

257 (57.8)

Apneas (%)

25 (5.6)

  1. Categorical variables expressed as absolute frequency and percentage, and quantitative variables as median and interquartile range [IQR].