TABLE 1.
Clinical features and laboratory findings for dengue virus-infected infants and older children in the 2001 to 2002 dengue epidemic in Chennai, India
| Feature or finding | No. of casesa
|
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infants | Children | ||
| Fever | 100 | 100 | NSb |
| Vomiting | 24 | 43 | 0.004 |
| Rash | 55.2 | 42.1 | 0.065 |
| Petechiae | 0 | 17.5 | 0.00003 |
| Hematemesis | 0 | 4.4 | 0.04 |
| Maleana | 3.4 | 2.6 | NS |
| Hematuria | 3.4 | 3.5 | NS |
| Epistaxis | 0 | 2.6 | NS |
| Edema | 17.2 | 11.4 | NS |
| Drowsiness | 20.7 | 12.3 | NS |
| Convulsions | 10.3 | 3.5 | NS |
| Restlessness | 3.4 | 10.5 | 0.02 |
| Retroorbital puffiness | 27.6 | 15.8 | 0.04 |
| Hepatomegaly | 93.1 | 83.3 | 0.029 |
| Hematocrit value ofc: | |||
| >40% | 15 | 21.7 | NS |
| 30-40% | 50 | 55 | NS |
| ≤30% | 35 | 19.5 | 0.01 |
| Platelet count | 56,900 | 84,400 | 0.0001 |
a
Values are percentages, except for mean platelet counts, which are, not numbers of cases, but numbers of platelets per millimeter cubed. Study patients were divided into two groups according to age: infants (n = 29; age, <1 year) and children (n = 114; age range, >1 to 15 years).
b
NS, not statistically significant.
c
Laboratory findings.