Table 1.
Case definition of children with lower respiratory tract infections who were classified as viral, bacterial or mixed aetiology (modified from the Bacteria Pneumonia Score (BPS) score).
Table 2.
Demographic characteristics and clinical findings in the 391 children admitted with lower respiratory tract infections.
Figure 1.
Graph showing association between total admissions for lower respiratory tract infection/month in children and rainfall/month, air pollution index [API]/month and particulate matter ≤10 µm in aerodynamic diameter (PM10)/month.
Table 3.
Results of univariate analysis of significant factors associated with life-threatening lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs).
Table 4.
Multivariate analysis of factors that was significantly associated with life-threatening lower respiratory tract infections in children.