Distinct Nasopharyngeal and Oropharyngeal Microbiota of Children with Influenza A Virus Compared with Healthy Children

Table 1

Sample information.

	Healthy Children	IAV Patients
	(n = 59)	(n = 121)
Characteristics			P-value
Gender
Female	33(55.9%)	47(38.8%)	0.045
Male	26(44.1%)	74(61.2%)
Age	2.8(0.1–9.9)	2.9(0.1–13.8)
Delivery Mode
Caesarean section	20(33.9%)	39(32.2%)	0.365
Vaginally born	39(66.1%)	82(67.8%)
Feed Pattern
Breast feed	18(30.5%)	68(56.2%)	0.004
Breast feed + Milk feed	31(52.5%)	42(34.7%)
Milk feed	10(16.9%)	11(9.1%)
Family history of allergy	-	-
History of pneumonia	-	-
Asthma	-	-
Clinical records
Fever	-	116(95.9%)
Fever duration	-	2(1-12)
Cough	-	83(68.6%)
Cough duration	-	2(1-30)
WBC (5-12%)	NA	80(66.1%)
hsCRP (⩽0.5 mg/l)	NA	26(21.5%)
PCT (<0.5 ng/ml)	NA	61(50.4%)

“NA” represents not available; CRP, C-reactive protein; PCT, Procalcitonin; “-” represents not detected; “”: this feature is described with median (range).