Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of 110 healthy infants
From: Detection of respiratory syncytial virus and rhinovirus in healthy infants
Characteristics | All infants (n = 110) | Rhinovirus positive (n = 16) | Rhinovirus negative (n = 94) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Demographics characteristics | ||||
Age in months, median (IQR) | 3.8 (2.0–5.1) | 4.3 (3.6–5.8) | 2.6 (1.9–4.5) | 0.03 |
Sex | 0.60 | |||
Male | 62 (56) | 10 (63) | 52 (55) | |
Female | 48 (44) | 6 (38) | 42 (45) | |
Race/ethnicity | 0.80 | |||
Non-hispanic white | 56 (51) | 10 (63) | 46 (49) | |
Non-hispanic black | 11 (10) | 1 (6) | 10 (11) | |
Hispanic | 20 (18) | 3 (19) | 17 (18) | |
Other | 23 (21) | 2 (13) | 21 (22) | |
Insurance | 0.30 | |||
Private | 89 (81) | 15 (94) | 74 (79) | |
Public | 21 (19) | 1 (6) | 20 (21) | |
Home environment characteristics | ||||
Sibling in home | 47 (43) | 7 (44) | 40 (43) | 0.93 |
Day care attendance | 16 (15) | 7 (44) | 9 (10) | 0.002 |
Exposure to passive smoke in home | 4 (4) | 2 (13) | 2 (2) | 0.04 |
Clinical characteristics | ||||
Gestational age | 0.30 | |||
≥40 weeks | 46 (42) | 4 (25) | 42 (45) | |
38–39 weeks | 53 (48) | 10 (63) | 43 (46) | |
34–37 weeks | 11 (10) | 2 (13) | 9 (10) | |
Delivery mode | 0.92 | |||
Vaginal delivery | 70 (64) | 10 (63) | 60 (64) | |
Cesarean section | 40 (36) | 6 (38) | 34 (36) | |
Primarily breast milk feeding from ages 0 to 3 months | 84 (76) | 12 (75) | 72 (77) | 0.99 |
Eczema | 17 (15) | 4 (25) | 13 (14) | 0.27 |