3.3 Related factors of severe pneumonia in pediatric inpatients
prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic by univariate analysis
Through univariate analysis, related factors of severe pneumonia were
explored among the patients prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic
respectively. As shown in table 3, younger age,
longer hospital stay,
hospitalization in spring and
insufficiency of Ca and Zn had
significant correlations with severe pneumonia among the children in
2019 (P < 0.05). However, in 2020, only younger age and
longer hospital stay were found associated with severe pneumonia
(P < 0.05).