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Table 1 Characteristics of children at presentation by randomisation arm

From: Should all acutely ill children in primary care be tested with point-of-care CRP: a cluster randomised trial

 

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

  1. CRP point-of-care CRP testing, IQR interquartile range