Table 1.

Patient groups based on duration of symptoms.

Group	Duration	Total (%)	Male		Female
			No.	%	No.	%
1	< 3 days	26 (13.90)	8	14.55	18	13.63
2	3-7 days	120 (64.17)	36	65.45	84	63.64
3	7-14 days	41 (21.92)	11	20.0	30	22.73