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Table 2 Presence of respiratory viruses in episodes with pneumonia and dyspnea

From: Respiratory tract virus infections in the elderly with pneumonia

 

Respiratory symptoms (n = 382)

P-value

Pneumonia (n = 112)

P-value

Pneumonia (n = 112)

No pneumonia (n = 270)

Dyspnea (n = 57)

No dyspnea (n = 55)

Rhinovirus

12 (11%)

23 (8.5%)

0.5

8 (15%)

4 (7.0%)

0.2

Influenza virus

7 (6.3%)

28 (10.4%)

0.2

2 (3.6%)

5 (8.8%)

0.4

Parainfluenza virus

5 (4.5%)

23 (8.5%)

0.2

2 (3.6%)

3 (5.3%)

1.0

Coronavirus

7 (6.3%)

17 (6.3%)

1.0

4 (7.3%)

3 (5.3%)

0.7

Respiratory syncytial virus

3 (2.7%)

19 (7.0%)

0.1

3 (5.5%)

0 (0%)

0.1

Human metapneumovirus

3 (2.7%)

5 (1.9%)

0.7

2 (3.6%)

1 (1.8%)

0.6

Adenovirus

1 (0.89%)

1 (0.37%)

0.5

1 (1.8%)

0 (0%)

0.5

Bocavirus

1 (0.89%)

0 (0%)

Na

1 (1.8%)

0 (0%)

0.5

1 or more viruses

34 (30%)

107 (40%)

0.09

18 (33%)

16 (28%)

0.6

2 or more viruses

7 (6.3%)

13 (4.8%)

0.6

4 (7.3%)

3 (5.3%)

0.7

  1. χ < 2 test and Fischer exact test (when counts < 5) were used
  2. Data expressed as n (%)