Table 3. Bivariable associations between symptoms and clinical characteristics of patients of the APCF of the EWMSC, T&T (Dec 2013 –Nov 2014) and having a confirmed infection ⱡ with either DENV or CHIKV.
| Status | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DENV | CHIKV | p-value | |||
| n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
| Symptoms | |||||
| Headache | 7 | (87.5) | 23 | 76.7) | 0.66 |
| Muscle pain | 5 | (62.5) | 21 | (70.0) | 0.689 |
| Joint pain | 4 | (50.0) | 5 | (83.3) | 0.071 † |
| Back pain | 1 | (12.5) | 0 | 0 | 0.211 |
| Rash | 0 | 0 | 10 | (33.3) | 0.082 † |
| Fatigue | 1 | (12.5) | 15 | (50.0) | 0.106 |
| Eye pain | 5 | (62.5) | 12 | (40.0) | 0.426 |
| Cough | 3 | (37.5) | 7 | (23.3) | 0.411 |
| Nausea | 4 | (50.0) | 6 | (20.0) | 0.17 |
| Vomiting | 4 | (50.0) | 8 | (26.7) | 0.232 |
| Diarrhoea | 2 | (25.0) | 5 | (16.7 | 0.624 |
| Sore throat | 1 | (12.5) | 1 | (3.3) | 0.381 |
| Weakness | 5 | (62.5) | 21 | (70.0) | 0.689 |
| Stiff neck | 1 | (12.5) | 4 | (13.3) | 1 |
| Dizziness | 2 | (25.0) | 13 | (43.3) | 0.44 |
| Disorientation | 0 | 0 | 3 | (10.0) | 1 |
| Abdominal pain | 3 | (37.5) | 2 | (6.7) | 0.053 † |
| Any haemorrhagic manifestationa | 0 | 0 | 3 | (10.0) | 1 |
| Median | Min-Max‡ | Median | Min-Max‡ | p-value | |
| Days post onset of fever | 2.5 | 1.0–5.0 | 2 | 0.0–6.0 | 0.484 |
| Temperature (°C) | 37 | 36.7–39.3 | 38 | 37.0–39.0 | 0.288 |
| White blood cell count (103/ml) | 3.5 | 1.7–6.3 | 6 | 2.7–17.6 | 0.028* |
| Haematocrit (%) | 43.1 | 37.9–48.8 | 39.85 | 12.9–51.4 | 0.092 † |
| Platelet count (103/ml) | 147 | 51.0–294.0 | 239 | 83.0–375.0 | 0.022* |
A more comprehensive list of variables is presented in S5 Table.
ⱡ Defined as a positive result by RT-qPCR
† p<0.10
*p<0.05
‡ Minimum-Maximum
a Includes: nose bleed, gum bleed, abnormal vaginal bleeding, blood in urine, bruising or blood in stool.