Table 2.
Associations between early predictors and late death, stroke, or the use of HU, CT, or SCT
| Frequency of late outcomes | Occurrence of early predictors |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Painful episode |
Dactylitis |
ACS |
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| Yes | No | P | Yes | No | P | Yes | No | P | |
| Death | 1.9 | 1.9 | >.999 | 0 | 2.2 | >.999 | 2.4 | 1.7 | .666 |
| Stroke, % | 13.2 | 10.2 | .619 | 0 | 11.6 | .231 | 14.1 | 9.8 | .303 |
| Death or stroke, % | 13.2 | 12.1 | .817 | 0 | 13.2 | .233 | 15.3 | 11.6 | .43 |
| HU, % | 26.4 | 9.2 | .002 | 12.5 | 12.4 | >.999 | 25.9 | 5.8 | <.001 |
| CT, % | 17 | 14.1 | .663 | 6.3 | 15.3 | .48 | 20 | 12.7 | .141 |
| SCT, % | 0 | 0.5 | >.999 | 0 | 0.4 | >.999 | 0 | 0.6 | >.999 |
The percentage of subjects who experienced each outcome is shown based on the occurrence or not of each early predictor. P values are calculated for each comparison of percentages (yes versus no) using the Fisher exact test.