Table 1.
Comparison of basal characteristics between severe dengue and non-severe dengue
|
Severe dengue
(includes deaths) (n=117) |
Non-severe dengue
(n=217) |
Total | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | 66(56.4%) | 120(55.2%) | 186 (55.6%) | 0.8 |
| Women | 51(43.5%) | 97(44.7%) | 148 (44.4%) | 0.8 |
| Mean age (years) | 30.4±11.8 | 30.3±15.4 | 30.3±14.3 | 0.9 |
| Hypertensive | 15(12.8%) | 18(8.2%) | 33 (9.8%) | 0.4 |
| Diabetes | 45(38.4%) | 37(17%) | 82 (24.5%) | 0.001 |
| Delay in admission (>5days ) | 43(36.7%) | 31(14.2%) | 74 (22.1%) | 0.0001 |
| Low platelet count(<50,000 mm3) | 69(58.9%) | 23(10.5%) | 92 (28.7%) | 0.0001 |
| Chills | 79(67.5%) | 170(78.3%) | 249 (74.5%) | 0.1 |
| Headache | 51(43.5%) | 76(35%) | 127 (38%) | 0.0001 |
| Myalgia | 97(82.9%) | 197(90.7%) | 294 (88%) | 0.5 |
| Arthralgia | 49(41.8%) | 63(29.8%) | 112 (33.5%) | 0.09 |
| Melena | 40(34.1%) | 33(15.2%) | 73 (21.8%) | 0.0001 |
| Rashes | 53(45.2%) | 50(23%) | 103 (30.8%) | 0.0001 |
| Nausea and vomiting | 82(70%) | 137(63.1%) | 219 (65.5%) | 0.6 |
| Abdominal Pain | 71(60.6%) | 110(50.6%) | 181 (54%) | 0.1 |
| Lymphadenopathy | 27(23%) | 13(5.9%) | 40 (11.9%) | 0.0001 |
| Fever >390C | 48(41%) | 92(42.3%) | 140 (41.9%) | 0.8 |
| Elevated hematocrit (>40%) | 76(64.9%) | 61(28.1%) | 137 (41%) | 0.0001 |
| Hypotension | 18(15.3%) | 20(9.2%) | 38 (11.3%) | 0.1 |
| Bradycardia | 12(10.2%) | 0 | 12 (3.5%) | 0.0001 |
| Elevated Plasma Thromboplastin Time (>1.5) | 58(49.5%) | 67(30.8%) | 125 (37.4%) | 003 |
| Splenomegaly | 22(18.8%) | 0 | 22 (6.5%) | 0.0001 |
| Convulsions | 14(11.9%) | 0 | 14 (4.1%) | 0.02 |
| Hepatomegaly | 26(22.2%) | 0 | 26 (7.7%) | 0.0001 |
| Deaths | 5(4.2%) | 0 | 5 (1.4%) | 0.02 |