Table 2.
Demographic, clinical, and laboratory results stratified for mortality.
| Parameter | Total (n = 73) | Not expired (n = 58) | Expired (n = 15) | P value |
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| Sociodemographic variables | ||||
| Age | 49.5 ± 15.36 | 50.95 ± 13.97 | 44.13 ± 19.48 | 0.219 |
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| Gender | 0.639 | |||
| Male | 55 | 43 | 12 | |
| Female | 18 | 15 | 3 | |
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| Comorbidities | ||||
| DM | 53 | 44 | 9 | 0.220 |
| Hypertension | 24 | 19 | 5 | 0.996 |
| Coronary artery disease | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0.419 |
| Chronic kidney disease | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0.003 |
| Malignancy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0.271 |
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| Clinical and biochemical characteristics | ||||
| Duration of symptoms before diagnosis | 0.712 | |||
| More than 14 days | 42 | 34 | 8 | |
| Less than and equal to 14 days | 31 | 24 | 7 | |
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| Organ involvement | ||||
| Pulmonary | 30 | 21 | 9 | 0.095 |
| Cutaneous | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0.330 |
| Genitourinary | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0.185 |
| Arthritis | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0.675 |
| Abscess | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0.330 |
| Osteomyelitis | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0.189 |
| Lymph node | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0.110 |
| Splenomegaly | 29 | 25 | 4 | 0.549 |
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| Biochemical parameters | ||||
| Neutrophilic leucocytosis | 27 | 24 | 3 | 0.147 |
| ESR >70 mm/hr | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0.086 |
| CRP >100 IU/L | 41 | 28 | 13 | 0.008 |
| Albumin <3 gm/dl | 29 | 26 | 3 | 0.004 |
| ALP >110 mg/dl | 41 | 32 | 9 | 0.737 |