Table 4. Demographic and clinical variables according to death from visceral leishmaniasis, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2002–2009.

Variables (n)a	Deaths from VL				Odds Ratio	95% IC	p values
	No		Yes
	n	%	n	%
Sex (n = 888)
Female	317	40.8	34	30.6	1.0	..b	..
Male	460	59.2	77	69.4	1.6	1.0–2.4	0.04
Age range (years; n = 888)
0–4	212	27.3	20	18.0	1.0	..	..
5–9	100	12.9	10	9.0	1.1	0.5–2.4	0.89
10–19	86	11.1	3	2.7	0.4	0.1–1.3	0.12
20–29	94	12.1	16	14.4	1.8	0.9–3.6	0.10
30–39	75	9.7	19	17.1	2.7	1.4–5.3	0.00
40–49	91	11.7	14	12.6	1.6	0.8–3.4	0.19
50–59	54	6.9	8	7.2	1.6	0.7–3.8	0.31
≥60	65	8.4	21	18.9	3.4	1.8–6.7	0.00
Clinical manifestation
Fever (n = 860)	723	96.1	102	94.4	0.7	0.3–1.7	0.41
Splenomegaly (n = 825)	642	89.0	92	88.5	0.9	0.5–1.8	0.86
Hepatomegaly (n = 827)	607	84.0	88	84.6	1.1	0.6–1.9	0.86
Weakness (n = 801)	568	81.3	95	93.1	3.1	1.4–6.9	0.01
Emaciation (n = 783)	516	75.0	78	82.1	1.5	0.9–2.7	0.13
Cough (n = 742)	319	48.9	50	55.6	1.3	0.8–2.0	0.24
Edema(c) (n = 240)	24	11.6	13	39.4	5.0	2.2–11.2	0.00
Pallidness(c) (n = 259)	149	66.2	28	82.4	2.4	0.9–6.0	0.07
Other infections(3) (n = 236)	44	21.8	19	55.9	4.6	2.1–9.7	0.00
Bleeding(c) (n = 238)	16	7.8	11	34.4	6.2	2.6–15.2	0.00
Jaundice(c) (n = 238)	13	6.3	14	43.8	11.6	4.7–28.3	0.00
Other manifestations(c) (n = 206)	55	31.1	7	24.1	0.7	0.3–1.8	0.45
Co-infection
HIV (n = 553)	39	8.0	12	17.7	2.5	1.2–5.0	0.01
Tuberculosis(d) (n = 345)	9	2.9	4	10.5	3.9	1.1–13.3	0.03

^aThe total number of individuals listed in SINAN and included in the study (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) were 888, of which 512 were registered in the Windows version and 376 in the Net version of the database.

^bNumerical information not applicable.

^cVariable registered for VL cases occurring in the period 2007–2009 (Net version of SINAN).

^dVariable registered for VL cases occurring in the period 2002–2006 (Windows version of SINAN).