Table 5.
Association of investigation findings and hypoxaemia at presentation.
| Investigation results | Hypoxaemic N = 81 (%) |
Nonhypoxaemic N = 339 (%) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Severe anaemia | 2 (2.5) | 13 (3.8) | 0.804** |
| Malaria (RDT) | 5 (6.2) | 30 (8.8) | 0.434 |
| Lobar opacities | 24 (29.6) | 74 (21.8) | 0.136 |
| Infiltrates | 20 (24.7) | 87 (25.7) | 0.057 |
| Cardiomegaly | 4 (4.9) | 3 (0.9) | 0.038** |
| Bacteraemia | 7 (8.6) | 41 (12.1) | 0.316 |
| Meningitis | 1 (1.2) | 3 (0.9) | 1.000** |
**Fisher's exact test applied. The figures in parentheses are percentages of the total in each column.