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. 2011 May 31;5(5):e1191. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001191

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.

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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.