Research Article
Paediatric Contacts of Adult COVID-19 Patients: Clinical Parameters, Risk Factors, and Outcome
Table 2
Characteristics of the paediatric contacts and the risk factors associated with development of symptoms.
| | Symptomatic | Asymptomatic | Statistical significance | | () | () |
| | Males () | 17 | 58 | ns | | Females () | 10 | 52 | | | Age in years | 6.7 (±3.9) | 6.6 (±3.5) | ns | | Weight in kg, mean (±SD) | 16 (±7.8) | 22 (±10) | ns | | Duration of contact, days, mean (±SD) | 4.1 (±0.8) | 4.2 (±1) | ns | | Fathers’ education, (%) | | | ns | | Uneducated | 0 | 1 (1%) | | | Primary | 2 (7%) | 5 (5%) | | | High school | 7 (26%) | 25 (23%) | | | College graduate | 6 (22%) | 46 (42%) | | | Masters | 3 (11%) | 23 (21%) | | | Doctor | 9 (33%) | 10 (9%) | | | Mothers’ education, (%) | | | ns | | Uneducated | 1 (4%) | 3 (3%) | | | Primary | 3 (11%) | 21 (19%) | | | High school | 8 (30%) | 25 (23%) | | | College graduate | 8 (30%) | 49 (45%) | | | Masters | 2 (7%) | 4 (4%) | | | Doctor | 5 (19%) | 4 (4%) | | | Nurse | 0 | 4 (4%) | | | Symptoms, (%) | | | | | Fever | 25 (92%) | 0 | | | Cough | 18 (67%) | 0 | | | Diarrhea | 5 (19%) | 0 | | | Headache | 3 (11%) | 0 | | | Flu-like symptoms | 3 (11%) | 0 | | | Burning eyes | 2 (7%) | 0 | | | Dyspnoea | 0 | 0 | | | BCG vaccinated, (%) | 27 (100%) | 104 (95%) | ns | | Influenza vaccinated, (%) | 4 (15%) | 7 (6%) | | | History of respiratory illness, (%) | 4 (15%) | 3 (3%) | 0.01 | | History of cardiac illness, (%) | 2 (7%) | 2 (2%) | ns | | History of recurrent infections, (%) | 4 (15%) | 2 (2%) | 0.015 | | History of hematinic use, (%) | 4 (15%) | 5 (5%) | 0.002 | | Test done-public contact tracing, | 6 | 19 | ns | | Test done privately, | 11 | 41 | ns | | Positive tests, (public & private) | 15 (5 & 10) | 6 (0 & 6) | 0.002 |
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Logistic regression with symptoms as dependent variable. n: number of cases; SD: standard deviation. |
