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.