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. 2016 Dec;22(12):2120–2127. doi: 10.3201/eid2212.161136

Table 1. Baseline characteristics of 85 Ebola patients recruited for the Ebola-Tx trial, Conakry, Guinea, 2015*.

Characteristic Value
Age, median y (IQR) 30 (20–40)
<15
10 (11.8)
Sex
M 37 (43.5)
F
48 (56.5)
Ct value on diagnostic Ebola PCR, n = 84

No. cycles, median (range) 26.8 (17.8–35.8)
<25 23 (27.4)
25.0–29.9 40 (47.6)
≥30
21 (25.0)
Duration of symptoms, median d (IQR), n = 74
4 (3–5)
Coexisting chronic medical condition 15 (17.6)
Infectious† 8 (9.4)
Noninfectious‡
7 (8.2)
Selected symptoms on admission
Nausea and vomiting 43 (50.6)
Diarrhea 29 (34.1)

*Values are no. (%) patients except as indicated. Ct, cycle threshold; IQR, interquartile range.
†For example, tuberculosis, HIV, or malaria.
‡For example, diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension, chronic cardiac, pulmonary disease, or renal disease.