Symptoms and comorbidities of children and SARS-CoV-2 test results for those presenting with COVID-19 like symptoms
| Total | Positive | Negative | OR (95% CI) | P value for OR | |
| n=319 (76.3%) | n=135 (42.3%) | n=184 (57.7%) | |||
| Screening symptoms distribution, n (%) | |||||
| Fever | 190 (59.6) | 83 (61.5) | 107 (58.2) | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.4) | 0.55 |
| Cough | 190 (59.6) | 82 (60.7) | 108 (58.7) | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.7) | 0.71 |
| Rhinorrhoea | 125 (39.2) | 57 (42.2) | 68 (37.0) | 1.0 (0.6 to 1.6) | 0.95 |
| Sore throat | 81 (25.4) | 27 (20) | 54 (29.4) | 0.6 (0.4 to 1.0) | 0.06 |
| Diarrhoea | 58 (18.2) | 36 (26.7) | 22 (12.0) | 2.7 (1.5 to 4.8) | 0.001 |
| Headache | 58 (18.2) | 22 (16.3) | 36 (19.6) | 0.8 (0.4 to 1.4) | 0.46 |
| Asthenia | 53 (16.6) | 22 (16.3) | 31 (16.8) | 1.0 (0.5 to 1.7) | 0.90 |
| Myalgia | 42 (13.2) | 24 (17.8) | 18 (9.8) | 2.0 (1.0 to 3.8) | 0.04 |
| Vomiting | 21 (6.6) | 9 (6.7) | 12 (6.5) | 1.1 (0.3 to 3.8) | 0.83 |
| Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath | 16 (5.0) | 7 (5.2) | 9 (4.9) | 1.1 (0.4 to 2.9) | 0.90 |
| Loss of taste | 5 (1.6) | 3 (2.2) | 2 (1.1) | 2.1 (0.3 to 12.6) | 0.42 |
| Loss of smell | 3 (0.9) | 2 (1.5) | 1 (0.5) | 2.8 (0.2 to 30.7) | 0.41 |
| Other symptoms | |||||
| Skin rash | 13 (4.1) | 7 (5.2) | 6 (3.3) | 1.6 (0.5 to 4.9) | 0.39 |
| Conjunctivitis | 10 (3.1) | 7 (5.2) | 3 (1.6) | 3.3 (0.8 to 13.0) | 0.08 |
| Chest pain or pressure | 10 (3.1) | 4 (3.0) | 6 (3.3) | 0.9 (0.3 to 3.3) | 0.88 |
| Loss of colour on the fingers of the hands or feet | 3 (0.9) | 1 (0.7) | 2 (1.1) | 0.7 (0.1 to 7.6) | 0.75 |
| Loss of speech and movement | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0) | nd | |
| Comorbidities | |||||
| Respiratory diseases | 40 (12.5) | 21 (15.6) | 19 (10.3) | 1.6 (0.8 to 3.1) | 0.17 |
| Cardiovascular diseases | 12 (3.8) | 10 (7.4) | 2 (1.1) | 7.3 (1.6 to 33.8) | 0.01 |
| Obesity | 6 (1.9) | 3 (2.2) | 3 (1.6) | 1.4 (0.3 to 6.9) | 0.70 |
| Cancer | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.5) | nd | |
| Kawasaki disease | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0) | nd | |
P values for the bivariate models are indicated in the rightmost column.
Bold values are considered statistically significant.
*ORs generated using logistic regression modelling with 95% CI.
nd, not determined.