Value of Chest Radiographic Pattern in RSV Disease of the Newborn: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 1

Demographic characteristics and risk factors of newborns hospitalized in NICU with an RSV infection presenting a CPCR versus HPCR pattern.

	CPCR; (𝑁=101)	HPCR; (𝑁=158)	𝑃
Demographic characteristics
Gestational age, mean ± SD, wk	36.3 ± 3.0	37.6 ± 2.6	0.012^a
Weight, mean ± SD, g	2828 ± 744	2980 ± 653	0.085
Gender, 𝑛 (%)			0.036^a
Male	46 (45.5)	93 (58.9)
Female	55 (54.5)	65 (41.1)
Corrected gestational age, mean ± SD, wk	39.6 ± 2.3	40.4 ± 2.2	0.006^a
Postnatal infection, mean ± SD, d	23.7 ± 13.3	21.8 ± 14.2	0.285
Risk factors
Prematurity, 𝑛 (%)	33 (32.7)	38 (24.1)	0.129
Gestational age < 34 wk	12 (11.9)	12 (7.6)
Gestational age 34–36^+6 wk	21 (20.8)	26 (16.5)
Congenital heart disease, 𝑛 (%)	6 (5.9)	3 (1.9)	0.083
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia, 𝑛 (%)	2 (2.0)	0 (0.0)	0.151

NICU: neonatal intensive care unit; RSV: respiratory syncytial virus; CPCR: consolidation pattern in chest radiography; HPCR: hyperinflation pattern in chest radiography; ^asignificant differences.