Table 4.
Clinical and hospital characteristics of dengue-naïve patients and patients with previous dengue among the COVID-19-only group.
| Characteristics | Dengue-naïve (n = 83) | Previous dengue (n = 283) | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients | N (%) | Patients | N (%) | ||
| Sex | 0.500 | ||||
| Female | 77 | 26 (33.77) | 272 | 126 (46.32) | |
| Male | 77 | 51 (66.23) | 272 | 146 (53.68) | |
| Age, mean [median] | 77 | 51.74 [14.98] | 272 | 55.76 [12.32] | 0.039 |
| Age group (years) | 0.006 | ||||
| 21–40 | 78 | 20 (25.64) | 272 | 31 (11.4) | |
| 41–60 | 78 | 32 (41.03) | 272 | 144 (52.94) | |
| > 60 | 78 | 26 (33.33) | 272 | 97 (35.66) | |
| Race | 0.554 | ||||
| White | 72 | 63 (87.5) | 269 | 240 (89.22) | |
| Black | 72 | 6 (8.33) | 269 | 14 (5.2) | |
| Brown | 72 | 3 (4.17) | 269 | 15 (5.58) | |
| Education level | 0.994 | ||||
| No school | 72 | 6 (8.33) | 209 | 23 (11) | |
| Incomplete basic school | 72 | 13 (18.06) | 209 | 51 (24.4) | |
| Complete basic school | 72 | 9 (12.5) | 209 | 41 (19.62) | |
| High school | 72 | 20 (27.78) | 209 | 74 (35.41) | |
| Graduated | 72 | 5 (6.94) | 209 | 20 (9.57) | |
| Initial symptoms | |||||
| Fever | 77 | 43 (55.84) | 270 | 145 (53.7) | 0.739 |
| Cough | 77 | 44 (57.14) | 270 | 175 (64.81) | 0.218 |
| Sore throat | 77 | 9 (11.69) | 270 | 41 (15.19) | 0.441 |
| Dyspnea | 77 | 68 (88.31) | 270 | 256 (94.81) | 0.043 |
| Respiratory distress | 77 | 55 (71.43) | 270 | 206 (76.3) | 0.383 |
| Low saturation | 77 | 75 (97.4) | 270 | 261 (96.67) | 1.000 |
| Diarrhea | 77 | 11 (14.29) | 270 | 14 (5.19) | 0.006 |
| Abdominal pain | 77 | 0 (0) | 270 | 2 (0.74) | 1.000 |
| Vomit | 77 | 0 (0) | 270 | 17 (6.3) | 0.017 |
| Fatigue | 77 | 40 (51.95) | 270 | 129 (47.78) | 0.518 |
| Altered taste | 77 | 1 (1.3) | 270 | 8 (2.96) | 0.418 |
| Anosmia | 77 | 2 (2.6) | 270 | 14 (5.19) | 0.340 |
| Severity | |||||
| Hospitalization in ICU | 77 | 74 (96.1) | 272 | 257 (94.49) | 0.773 |
| Mechanical ventilation | 0.092 | ||||
| Yes, invasive | 76 | 62 (81.58) | 272 | 211 (77.57) | |
| Yes, non invasive | 76 | 12 (15.79) | 272 | 60 (22.06) | |
| No | 76 | 2 (2.63) | 272 | 1 (0.37) | |
| Hospitalization outcome | 0.577 | ||||
| Discharge | 74 | 34 (45.95) | 262 | 130 (49.62) | |
| Death | 74 | 40 (54.05) | 262 | 132 (50.38) | |
| Hospital admitted, mean [median] | 72 | 7.85 [11.92] | 266 | 6.46 [10.78] | 0.716 |
| ICU admitted, mean [median] | 75 | 18.35 [10.84] | 277 | 19.55 [14.30] | 0.616 |
Values are expressed as medians.
p values < 0.05 indicate good model fit.