Results
The study reports the results of a COVID-19 test in 1614 hospitalized children, the age range of the children ranged from 0 to 12 years, Me= 3.97; Md= 3; SD +/- 3.97 and IQR (1 - 8) years with a confirmation rate of 6.3% (101/1614). Men accounted for 59% of the cases of infection. There was no correlation between sex and positive cases of this population. (Table 1)
Group of 1 -| 2 years of age had the lowest frequency of cases of COVID-19 infection among age groups, demonstrating statistical significance among these ages. Children aged under one year were 2.54 times more likely to be infected, 2 -l 5 years of age with 2.44 times more and those older than five years were 2.88 times more likely to be infected by this disease. Age showed a significant difference (p 0.044; OR = 1.10; CI 95% (1.00-1.10)) children over one year of age are 10% more likely to become infected with COVID-19 each year more than life. (Table 1)
There was no statistically significant association between COVID-19 infection and the following causes, comorbidities, hospitalization, ILI syndrome, ICU and high viral (CT value). (Table 2)
Table 1: Characteristics of the study population