| |
CRP in all children (n = 1730)
|
CRP only in children at clinical risk (n = 1417)
|
P value
|
|---|
|
n
|
% or IQR
|
n
|
% or IQR
|
|---|
|
Male
|
942
|
53.4 %
|
735
|
51.9 %
|
0.36
|
|
Age (median)
|
3.6
|
1.6–8
|
2.7
|
1.3–5.5
|
< 0.0001
|
|
Fever ≥ 38 °C
|
961
|
85.7 %
|
949
|
87.6 %
|
0.19
|
|
Duration of fever
|
2
|
1–2
|
2
|
1–2
|
0.99
|
|
Diarrhoea or vomiting
|
409
|
24.2 %
|
347
|
25.0 %
|
0.61
|
|
Breathlessness
|
99
|
6.0 %
|
65
|
4.7 %
|
0.13
|
|
Body temperature ≥ 40 °C
|
119
|
7.6 %
|
120
|
9.5 %
|
0.09
|
|
Diarrhoea and 12–30 Months
|
75
|
4.4 %
|
77
|
5.6 %
|
0.15
|
|
Clinician concern
|
192
|
11.6 %
|
148
|
10.8 %
|
0.48
|
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CRP point-of-care CRP testing, IQR interquartile range
