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. 2011 Jan 5;84(1):127–134. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0476

Table 2.

Prevalence of dengue shock syndrome among hospitalized pediatric dengue patients

Variable N total N Dengue shock syndrome
Percent OR 95% CI AOR 95% CI
Total 75,057 9,392 12.51
Sex
Male 43,519 5128 11.78 1.0 1.0
Female 31,538 4264 13.52 1.17* 1.12–1.22* 1.19* 1.14–1.24*
Age group
< 1 3,318 281 8.47 0.68* 0.60–0.78* 0.62* 0.54–0.71*
1–5 16,315 1,944 11.92 1.0 1.0
6–10 27,499 4,262 15.50 1.36* 1.28–1.44* 1.40* 1.32–1.49*
11–15 27,925 2,905 10.40 0.86* 0.81–0.91* 0.95 0.89–1.03
Hospital
HTD 18,980 1,773 9.34 1.0 1.0
CH1 33,542 5,515 16.44 1.91* 1.80–2.02* 1.79* 1.69–1.90*
CH2 22,535 2,104 9.34 1.0 0.94–1.07 0.96 0.89–1.03
Residence
HCMC 53,070 5,608 10.57 1.0 1.0
Province 20,340 3,677 18.08 1.87* 1.79–1.95* 1.79* 1.69–1.90*
Season
Dry 19,549 2,612 13.36 1.0 1.0
Wet 55,508 6,780 12.21 0.90* 0.86–0.95* 0.96 0.91–1.0

HTD = Hospital for Tropical Disease; CH1 = Children's Hospital Number 1; CH2 = Children's Hospital Number 2; HCMC = Ho Chi Minh City; OR = odds ratio; AOR = adjusted odds ratio (adjusted for sex, age group, hospital, location of admission, year, and season of admission).

*

Values are significant at P < 0.001.

Location of residence was missing for 1,651 patients and imputed for multivariate analysis.

Dry season is January to June, and wet season is July to December.