Table 12. Correlation between the number of clinical warning signs (<2 versus ≥2) in the old and the new dengue classifications and the required level of care.
Parameter | Category | < 2 warning signs (N = 246) | ≥2 warning signs (N = 111) | p-value | ||
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Freq. | % | Freq. | % | |||
Old classification | DF | 237 | 96 | 86 | 78 | <0·00001* |
DHF/DSS | 9 | 4 | 25 | 23 | ||
New classification | D-W/D+W | 215 | 90 | 96 | 89 | 0·679 |
SDF | 23 | 10 | 12 | 11 | ||
Level of care | Level I/Level II | 222 | 90 | 95 | 86 | 0·196 |
Level III | 24 | 10 | 16 | 14 |
DF: dengue fever; DHF: dengue hemorrhagic fever; DSS: dengue shock syndrome; D-W: dengue without warning signs; D+W: dengue with warning signs; SDF: severe dengue fever; because of missing data, frequencies do not sum up to totals in new classification.