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. 2024 Dec 16;16(12):e75840. doi: 10.7759/cureus.75840

Table 2. Demographic characteristics of the admitted child with dengue.

Note: Data was presented as mean±SD for continuous variables and number with percent in the parenthesis for categorical variables. The chi-square test with Yates' continuity correction was applied to estimate the p-value.

kg: kilogram

*Others: asthma, heart diseases, nephrotic syndrome, thalassemia minor, hypothyroidism, cholelithiasis, and anxiety disorder.

Variables Overall (n=135) Boys (n=86) Girls (n=49) p-value
Age, in month 88.0±57.0 91.6±6.55 81.7±7.09 0.334
SES condition Upper class 34 (25.2%) 21 (24.4%) 13 (26.5%) 0.817
Upper middle class 41 (30.4%) 28 (32.6%) 13 (16.5%)
Lower middle class 56 (41.5%) 35 (40.7%) 21 (42.8%)
Lower class 4 (2.9%) 2 (2.3%) 2 (4%)
Child weight, kg 27.1±17.2 28.9±19.0 24.0±13.2 0.113
Comorbidities Obesity 14 (10.4%) 10 (11.6%) 4 (8.16%) 0.627
Overweight 11 (8.15%) 5 (5.81%) 6 (12.2%)
Underweight 9 (6.67%) 5 (5.81%) 4 (8.16%)
Others* 8 (5.92%) 5 (5.81%) 3 (6.10%)