Table 7.
Admission clinical variables for those who died and survived
|
Variable |
All patients |
Survived |
Died |
P |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |||||
| No. male |
982 |
654 |
67 |
906 |
598 |
66 |
76 |
56 |
74 |
0.197 |
| Age/years |
979 |
27 (15–74) |
- |
905 |
27 (15–74) |
- |
74 |
26 (15–67) |
- |
0.410 |
| Body weight/kg |
929 |
51 (26–165) |
- |
861 |
51 (26–165) |
- |
68 |
50 (40–75) |
- |
0.715 |
| Prior malaria |
780 |
445/335 |
57 |
748 |
438/310 |
59 |
32 |
7/25 |
22 |
<0.001 |
| Prior malarial drug |
988 |
268/720 |
27 |
911 |
242/669 |
27 |
77 |
26/51 |
34 |
0.310 |
| No. days ill |
956 |
4 (1–31) |
- |
886 |
3 (1–31) |
- |
70 |
4 (1–20) |
- |
0.836 |
| No. females pregnant |
328 |
76/252 |
23 |
308 |
75/233 |
24 |
20 |
1/19 |
5 |
0.049 |
| Headache |
921 |
843/78 |
92 |
866 |
794/72 |
94 |
55 |
49/6 |
89 |
0.511 |
| Rigors |
875 |
454/421 |
52 |
821 |
428/393 |
52 |
54 |
26/28 |
48 |
0.522 |
| Vomiting |
906 |
517/389 |
57 |
855 |
484/371 |
56 |
51 |
33/18 |
65 |
0.268 |
| Diarrheoa |
850 |
160/690 |
19 |
805 |
152/653 |
19 |
45 |
8/37 |
18 |
0.805 |
| Abdominal pain |
867 |
223/644 |
26 |
823 |
215/608 |
26 |
44 |
8/36 |
18 |
0.200 |
| Cough |
851 |
143/708 |
17 |
806 |
136/670 |
17 |
45 |
7/38 |
16 |
0.897 |
| Seizures |
836 |
28/808 |
3 |
786 |
18/768 |
2 |
50 |
10/40 |
20 |
<0.001 |
| Dehydration |
781 |
428/353 |
55 |
734 |
395/339 |
54 |
47 |
33/14 |
70 |
0.063 |
| Anaemia |
932 |
274/658 |
29 |
862 |
236/626 |
27 |
70 |
38/32 |
54 |
<0.001 |
| Jaundice |
969 |
226/743 |
23 |
892 |
175/717 |
20 |
77 |
51/26 |
66 |
<0.001 |
| Temperature o C a |
963 |
38.5 (38.4 - 38.6) |
- |
892 |
38.6 (38.5-38.6) |
- |
71 |
38.0 (37.7-38.3) |
- |
<0.001 |
| Pulse/min a |
927 |
101.0 (99.9-102.2) |
- |
856 |
100.1 (99.0-101.2) |
- |
71 |
113.3 (108.6–117.9) |
- |
<0.001 |
| BP systolic mmHg a |
924 |
108.3 (107.3-109.3) |
- |
851 |
107.9 (106.9-108.9) |
- |
73 |
113.5 (108.4– 118.5) |
- |
0.004 |
| BP diastolic mmHg a |
918 |
65.5 (64.7-66.3) |
- |
846 |
65.4 (64.6-66.2) |
- |
72 |
66.8 (63.6-70.0) |
- |
0.247 |
| Respiratory rate/min b |
909 |
24.3 (23.8-24.7) |
- |
837 |
23.9 (23.5-24.3) |
- |
71 |
29.2 (26.9 - 31.6) |
- |
<0.001 |
| Abdominal tenderness |
801 |
124/677 |
15 |
743 |
116/627 |
16 |
58 |
8/50 |
14 |
0.689 |
| Liver palpable |
870 |
338/532 |
39 |
800 |
299/501 |
38 |
70 |
39/31 |
56 |
0.005 |
| Spleen palpable |
885 |
190/695 |
22 |
818 |
172/646 |
21 |
67 |
18/49 |
27 |
0.308 |
| Cranial nerve abnormalities |
515 |
35/480 |
7 |
467 |
20/447 |
4 |
48 |
15/33 |
31 |
<0.001 |
| GCS Total |
944 |
15 (3–15) |
- |
882 |
15 (3–15) |
- |
62 |
9 (3–15) |
- |
<0.001 |
| GCS Eyes |
941 |
4 (1–4) |
- |
881 |
4 (1–4) |
- |
60 |
4 (1–4) |
- |
<0.001 |
| GCS Verbal |
939 |
5 (1–5) |
- |
881 |
5 (1–5) |
- |
58 |
1 (1–5) |
- |
<0.001 |
| GCS Motor |
941 |
6 (1–6) |
- |
881 |
6 (1–6) |
- |
60 |
5 (1–6) |
- |
<0.001 |
| Fundal haemorrhages | 443 | 11/432 | 3 | 389 | 4/385 | 1 | 54 | 7/47 | 13 | <0.001 |
Number with/without or median (range) except a mean (95% CI) and b geometric mean (95% CI). Footnotes as for Table 3.