Skip to main content
. 2022 Jun 15;11(3):51–63.

Table 3.

Type of severity of musculoskeletal disorder in acute phase and chronic phase of patients with CHIKV infection according sex and age

Acute phase

Type of severity Total n = 62 Sex Age (years)


Male n = 22 Female n = 40 OR (95% CI) P value* > 30 n = 36 ≤ 30 n = 26 OR (95% CI) P value*

Arthralgia 38 (61.3%) 15 (68.2%) 23 (57.5%) 0.63 (0.21-1.88) 0.586 20 (55.6%) 18 (69.2%) 1.80 (0.62-5.20) 0.304
Arthritis 24 (38.7%) 7 (31.8%) 17 (42.5%) 0.634 (0.21-1.88) 0.586 16 (44.4%) 8 (30.8%) 1.80 (0.62-5.20) 0.304
Severe pain 32 (51.6%) 8 (36.4%) 24 (60.0%) 0.381 (0.13-1.11) 0.111 21 (58.3%) 11 (42.3%) 1.91 (0.68-5.30) 0.303
Severe disability 13 (21.0%) 3 (13.6%) 10 (25.0%) 0.474 (0.12-1.94) 0.348 7 (19.4%) 6 (23.1%) 0.81 (0.21-2.75) 0.760

Chronic phase

Type of severity Total n = 28 Male n = 4 Female n = 24 OR (95% CI) P value* > 30 n = 21 ≤ 30 n = 7 OR (95% CI) P value*

Arthralgia 20 (71.4%) 2 (50.0%) 18 (75.0%) 3.00 (0.34-26.2) 0.555 15 (71.4%) 5 (71.4%) 1.0 (0.15-6.64) 1.00
Arthritis 8 (28.6%) 2 (50.0%) 6 (25.0%) 3.00 (0.34-26.2) 0.555 6 (28.6%) 2 (28.6%) 1.00 (0.15-6.64) 1.00
Severe pain 8 (28.6%) 1 (25.0%) 7 (29.2%) 0.810 (0.71-9.18) 1.00 5 (23.8%) 3 (42.9%) 0.417 (0.07-2.52) 0.371
Severe disability 1 (3.6%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (4.2%) NC** NC** 1 (4.8%) 0 (0.0%) NC** NC**

OR: Odds Ratio; 95% CI: Confidence interval.

*

Chi square test;

**

NC: Not calculable.