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. 2013 Feb 8;13:77. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-77

Table 2.

Clinical features associated to dengue diagnosis in patients evaluated up to 3 days after fever onset

Clinical data
Dengue
Non-dengue
OR(95%CI)
  N % N %  
History:
 
 
 
 
 
 Exhaustion
68
98.6
69
95.8
 
 Myalgia
64
92.8
67
93.1
 
 Headache
60
87.0
64
87.7
 
 Lumbar pain
59
85.5
59
81.9
 
 Anorexia
55
79.7
55
75.3
 
 Retro-orbital pain
49
71.0
44
60.3
 
 Taste disorder
47
70.1
36
52.2
2.15 (1.06–4.36)
 Nausea
45
65.2
40
54.8
 
 Arthralgia
44
63.8
43
58.9
 
 Photophobia
38
55.9
35
47.9
 
 Chills
33
47.8
42
57.5
 
 Dizziness
33
47.8
34
46.6
 
 History of rash
30
44.1
14
19.2
3.33 (1.56–7.07)
 Cough
25
36.2
26
35.6
 
 Diarrhea
25
36.2
18
24.7
 
 Vomiting
22
31.9
17
23.6
 
 Itching
21
31.3
13
18.6
 
 Abdominal pain
21
30.4
31
42.5
 
 Coryza
20
29.0
21
28.8
 
 Sore throat
16
23.2
27
37.0
 
 Nasal congestion
14
20.9
17
24.6
 
 History of bleeding
12
17.4
6
8.2
 
 Earache
11
16.2
5
6.9
 
 Hoarseness
11
16.2
9
12.5
 
 Dyspnea
10
14.5
7
9.7
 
Physical exam:
 
 
 
 
 
 Rash
48
71.6
31
45.6
3.02 (1.48–6.16)
 Conjunctival redness
38
55.9
20
29.0
3.10 (1.53–6.29)
 Lymph node enlargement
33
50.8
14
20.6
3.98 (1.86–8.53)
 Dehydration
24
35.3
16
23.2
 
 Pharyngeal erythema
15
22.4
21
31.3
 
 Pallor
11
16.4
15
21.7
 
 Petechiae
9
13.4
4
5.9
 
 Hepatomegaly
7
10.4
5
7.4
 
 Splenomegaly 5 7.5 5 7.2  

Crude odds ratios (OR) and respective 95% confidence intervals (CI) are shown for those with statistical significance.