Benign acute childhood myositis in the COVID-19 Era: how does it compare to influenza?

Eur J Pediatr · 2025 · PMC11991955 · PMID 40214813

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.074so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

The likelihood of hospitalization among male patients was higher (odds ratio (OR) 2.468, 95% CI 0.903–6.747) but it did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.074).

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showed a trendno p-value reported

Influenza often led to more pronounced motor impairments, whereas SARS-CoV-2–associated cases showed a trend toward higher admission rates.

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