Table.

Summary of factors detectable within the first 4 days of illness and their association with progression to severe dengue disease

	Associated with progression	Not associated with progression
Demographics and comorbidity	Older age (in adults), younger age (in children), female sex, diabetes, hypertension, renal disease, cardiovascular disease	Nutritional status, bodyweight, mixed comorbidity
Signs and symptoms	Vomiting, abdominal pain and tenderness, bleeding, and pleural effusion or ascites	Rash, headache, and positive tourniquet test
Laboratory parameters	Platelet count, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, serum albumin, and secondary infection	White blood cell count, haematocrit
Virological profile	Dengue viral serotype 2 (in children)	Viral load