Table 2.

General characteristics of patients in each study group on admission

Variable	Study group			P
	0.75-d3 (N = 20)	0.50d1 + 0.25-d3 (N = 21)	0.25-d1,2,3 (N = 20)
Age (years), median (IQR)	23 (17–42)	21 (14–44)	24 (18–38)	0.86 (KW)
Male:female (%)	65:35	57:43	62:38	1.00 (χ2)
Days of illness before diagnosis, median (IQR)	2 (2–3)	2 (3–7)	5 (2–8)	0.34 (KW)

IQR = interquartile range; KW = Kruskal–Wallis.