Table 1 Demographics and clinical characteristics of 51 patients with paracetamol overdose.

	Group I (n = 40)	Group II (n = 11)	p value
Age in years	14.7 (1.0–16.1)	13.3 (0.8–16.1)	0.26
Age <7 years (n = 6)	3	3	0.11
Sex: M:F	5:35	1:10	0.74
Paracetamol dose (mg/kg)	348* (91–582)	285† (222–645)	0.7
Cumulative doses/unreported	3/1	3/2	–
Time from reported ingestion to presentation (h)	24 (4–72)	44 (24–96)	0.03
Encephalopathy
Nil	30 (75%)	0
Grade I and II	10 (25%)	0
Grade ⩾III	0	11 (100%)	0.001

*n = 36;†n = 6.

Values expressed as median (range).