Table 6. Demographics of the hospitalized dengue cases with severe or non-severe dengue.
Severe dengue N = 20 | Non-severe dengue N = 90 | P value | |
Median age (25th–75th percentiles) | 39.0 (30.3–52.8) | 42.0 (30.0–52.0) | NS* |
Males (%) | 12 (60.0) | 57 (63.3%) | NS |
Ethnicity | |||
Chinese (%) | 15 (71.2) | 68 (59.0) | NS |
Malays (%) | 2 (7.2) | 10 (16.1) | |
Indians (%) | 2 (13.6) | 7 (15.3) | |
Others (%) | 1 (8.0) | 5 (9.6) | |
Pre-existing co-morbidity (%) | 2 (10.0) | 21 (23.3) | NS |
Median days hospitalized (25th–75th percentiles) | 4 (4–5)# | 3 (2–4) | 0.0095* |
Chi-square test with Yates' continuity correction was used except where indicated.
*Mann-Whitney U test.
One patient was admitted for a total of 37 days due to lack of a caregiver at home. Data from this patient was treated as an outlier and removed from analysis.