Table 3.
Admission clinical history details for the three study sites
|
Variable |
All patients |
Kanchanaburi |
Sangklaburi |
Mae Sot |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Number (%) | N | N | N | ||||
| No. male |
982 |
654 (67) |
569 |
371 (65) |
74 |
42 (57) |
339 |
241 (71) |
| Age/years |
979 |
27 (15–74) |
564 |
26 (15–72) |
73 |
25 (15–57) |
342 |
28 (15–74) |
| Body weight/kg |
929 |
51 (26–165) |
544 |
51 (32–80) |
70 |
50 (26–89) |
315 |
51 (32–165) |
| Height/cm |
441 |
160 (96–180) |
199 |
160 (96–78) |
2 |
154 (145–163) |
240 |
160 (143–180) |
| BMI kg/ma |
440 |
33.5 (32.8-34.2) |
198 |
33.0 (32.3-33.8) |
2 |
42.1 |
240 |
33.8 (32.7-34.8) |
| Prior malaria |
780 |
445/335 (57) |
464 |
256/208 (55) |
52 |
26/26 (100) |
264 |
163/101 (62) |
| Prior malarial drug |
988 |
268/720 (27) |
571 |
233/338 (41) |
74 |
6/68 (8) |
343 |
29/314 (9) |
| No. days ill |
956 |
4 (1–31) |
557 |
4 (1–31) |
68 |
3 (1–30) |
331 |
3 (1–21) |
| Females pregnant |
328 |
76/252 (23) |
198 |
70/128 (35) |
32 |
5/27 (16) |
98 |
1/97 (1) |
| Headache |
921 |
843/78 (92) |
520 |
484/36 (93) |
72 |
66/6 (92) |
329 |
293/36 (89) |
| Rigors |
875 |
454/421 (52) |
491 |
309/182 (63) |
60 |
15/45 (25) |
324 |
130/194 (40) |
| Vomiting |
906 |
5 17/389 (57) |
511 |
296/215 (58) |
69 |
37/32 (54) |
326 |
184/142 (56) |
| Diarrhoea |
850 |
160/690 (19) |
461 |
90/371 (24) |
65 |
8/57 (12) |
324 |
62/262 (19) |
| Abdominal pain |
867 |
223/644 (26) |
478 |
129/349 (27) |
65 |
7/58 (11) |
324 |
87/237 (27) |
| Cough |
851 |
143/708 (17) |
470 |
99/371 (21) |
55 |
6/49 (11) |
326 |
38/288 (12) |
| Seizures | 836 | 28/808 (3) | 456 | 9/447 (2) | 60 | 1/59 (2) | 320 | 18/302 (6) |
Number with/without symptom or sign or median (range) except a mean (95% CI) and b geometric mean (95% CI). Percentages shown in brackets. Location of hospitals included: Kanchanaburi (14.06 0 N, 99.50 0E), Sangklaburi 15.16 0 N 98.56 0E), Mae Sot (16.71 0 N 98.57 0E).