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Table 4 Correlation between screened viruses and bronchiolitis severity score (BSS) in preterm and term infants

From: Prematurity, a significant predictor for worse outcome in viral bronchiolitis: a comparative study in infancy

Outcome

Bronchiolitis severity score

(mean ± SD)

Virus

Preterm

Term

*P value

RSV

9.7 ± 3.9

7.4 ± 3.1

0.009

Adenovirus

9.5 ± 4.0

10.3 ± 2.6

0.717

h-MPV

11.0 ± 1.2

5 ± 0.0

0.003

Influenza A

10.0 ± 3.4

13.5 ± 2.1

0.212

Para-influenza 3

13.0 ± 0.0

6.7 ± 2.4

0.013

  1. *P values < 0.05 is statistically significant