Table 2. Characteristics of patients with dengue fever (DF) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF)- n(%).
| Characteristic | DF1(%) | DHF1(%) | N | p-value2 |
| Demographics | ||||
| Age (median ± interquartile range) | 26.0±19.0 | 24.5±18.0 | 201 | 0.905 |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 99(61.5) | 30(75.0) | 201 | 0.077 |
| Female | 62(38.5) | 10(25.0) | ||
| Clinical Presentation | ||||
| Fever | 159/161(98.8) | 39/39(100.0) | 200 | 0.647 |
| Nausea and/or vomiting | 93/161(57.8) | 27/40(67.5) | 201 | 0.173 |
| Rash | 44/161(27.3) | 31/40(77.5) | 201 | <0.001 |
| Abdominal Pain | 6/86(7.0) | 1/11(9.1) | 97 | 0.582 |
| Diarrhea | 26/161(16.2) | 5/40(12.5) | 201 | 0.384 |
| Myalgia | 46/161(28.6) | 6/40(15.0) | 201 | 0.056 |
| Headache | 21/161(13.0) | 2/40(5.0) | 201 | 0.120 |
| Cough | 22/161(13.7) | 1/40(2.5) | 201 | 0.033 |
| Hemorrhage | 6/161(3.7) | 29/40(72.5) | 201 | <0.001 |
| Temperature (median) | 38.00±2 | 37.00±1 | 177 | 0.014 |
| Laboratory Findings | ||||
| Thrombocytopenia at presentation | 116/151(76.8) | 36/40(90.0) | 191 | 0.047 |
| Received platelet transfusion | 25/90(27.8) | 13/32(40.6) | 122 | 0.131 |
| Low Hemoglobin | 16/137(11.7) | 8/37(21.6) | 174 | 0.102 |
| Hematocrit level on admission (median) | 39.50±6.75 | 40.40±8.80 | 167 | 0.607 |
| Leukopenia | 64/141(45.4) | 9/37(24.3) | 178 | 0.015 |
| Neutropenia | 35/133(26.3) | 16/34(47.1) | 167 | 0.018 |
| Lymphocytosis | 30/132(22.7) | 7/33(21.2) | 165 | 0.529 |
| Monocytosis | 32/122(26.2) | 19/33(57.6) | 155 | 0.001 |
| Raised ALT | 63/110(57.3) | 27/32(84.4) | 142 | 0.004 |
| Raised AST | 68/79(86.1) | 25/26(96.2) | 105 | 0.147 |
1
Reported as number of individuals with finding/number of individuals in the category. For example, diarrhea is reported as 26/161 under Dengue Fever implying that 26 patients had diarrhea out of 161 total Dengue Fever patients. DF – Dengue Fever, DHF – Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever.
2
p-value was calculated using Mann-Whitney U test for age, temperature and hematocrit. Chi-square/Fisher's exact test were used for all other categorical variables.