Table 3.
Anthropometry Across Illness Categories: Adults (≥19 Years)
| Overall | Healthy Control | Nonfebrile DENV | OFI | Apparent DENV | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic, Median ± IQR or n (%) | n = 93 | Fever−/DENV− n = 45 | Fever−/DENV+ n = 15 | Fever+/DENV− n = 6 | Fever+/DENV+ n = 27 | P Valuea |
| Weight, kg | 68.0 (59.8–78.3) | 66.0 (55.9–77.2) | 71.6 (64.0–85.6) | 65.4 (59.8–68.0) | 67.6 (63.4–79.3) | .32 |
| Height, cm | 160.0 (155.0–166.0) | 160.0 (156.0–163.5) | 158.0 (156.0–161.0) | 159.0 (153.0–160.0) | 160.0 (154.0–169.0) | .80 |
| <150 cm | 9 (9.7) | 5 (11.1) | 1 (6.7) | 1 (16.7) | 2 (7.4) | .72 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 26.4 (23.4–29.8) | 26.2 (23.6–29.8) | 29.8 (24.9–33.4) | 25.2 (23.2–27.2) | 27.0 (23.1–29.7) | .35 |
| Underweight <18.5 | 4 (4.3) | 2 (4.4) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (16.7) | 1 (3.7) | .67 |
| Normal 18.5 ≤ 25 | 34 (36.6) | 18 (40.0) | 4 (26.7) | 2 (33.3) | 10 (37.0) | |
| Overweight 25 ≤ 30 | 32 (34.4) | 16 (35.6) | 4 (26.7) | 2 (33.3) | 10 (37.0) | |
| Obese ≥30 | 23 (24.7) | 9 (20.0) | 7 (46.7) | 1 (16.7) | 6 (22.2) | |
| Waist circumference, cm | 90.0 (82.0–98.0) | 88.0 (79.5–99.0) | 91.4 (81.6–101.0) | 88.7 (88.0–93.0) | 90.0 (83.0–98.0) | .83 |
| Increasedb | 54 (58.1) | 26 (57.8) | 12 (80.0) | 3 (50.0) | 13 (48.1) | .24 |
| Substantially increasedc | 33 (35.5) | 12 (26.7) | 9 (60.0) | 3 (50.0) | 9 (33.3) | .10 |
| MUAC, cm | 30.0 (27.0–32.3) | 30.0 (26.6–32.5) | 31.5 (27.5–36.0) | 29.2 (26.8–31.0) | 30.0 (28.0–32.0) | .43 |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; DENV, dengue virus; IQR, interquartile range; MUAC, mid-upper arm circumference; OFI, other febrile illness.
a P values from Kruskal-Wallis test for continuous comparisons; Fisher’s exact test for categorical comparisons.
bIncreased waist circumference was defined as >94 cm for men and >80 cm for women.
cSubstantially increased waist circumference was defined as >102 cm for men and >88 cm in women.