Table 2.
Relationship of neopterin level and the disease severity of DF patients
| Groupsa | No. of patients | Neopterin (nmol/L) |
Highest feverb |
Duration of fever (days)b |
Hospitalizationb |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (±SD) | Mean (±SD) | Mean days (±SD) | No. (%) | Mean days (±SD) | ||
| 1 | 57 | 58.8 (±9.1) | 39.1 °C (±0.2) | 7.2 (±1.7) | 45 (78.9) | 8.7 (±1.5) |
| 2 | 53 | 38.2 (±8.2) | 38.4 °C (±0.3) | 5.4 (±1.5) | 17 (32.1) | 6.6 (±1.2) |
a
The 110 DF patients were separated into two groups based on their serum neopterin levels: Higher (group 1) or lower (group 2) than the mean value of neopterin tested in the blood samples collected on the same day after the onset of the disease in this study cohort.
b
P < 0.001.