Table 1.
Characteristics and outcome among patients with AUF in seven secondary hospitals in India (N=1564)
| Characteristics | Na | Oddanchatram (N=330) N (%) | Ambur (N=316) N (%) | Tezpur (N=336) N (%) | Mungeli (N=62) N (%) | Anantapur (N=160) N (%) | Ratnagiri (N=251) N (%) | Raxaul (N=109) N (%) | Total (N=1564) N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | 1527 | ||||||||
| Male | 895 | 176 (53) | 170 (55) | 195 (59) | 27 (52) | 108 (72) | 154 (62) | 65 (61) | 895 (59) |
| Female | 632 | 154 (47) | 139 (45) | 135 (41) | 25 (48) | 42 (28) | 96 (38) | 41 (39) | 632 (41) |
| Age, median (IQR), y | 1422 | 31 (17–45) | 32 (20–50) | 30 (20–46) | 27 (18–53) | 30 (20–40) | 36 (24–49) | 26 (17–38) | 31 (20–45) |
| ≤14 | 71 (22) | 33 (16) | 41 (12) | 10 (19) | 22 (15) | 10 (4) | 12 (11) | 199 (14) | |
| >14 | 259 (78) | 176 (84) | 287 (88) | 42 (81) | 126 (85) | 239 (96) | 94 (89) | 1223 (86) | |
| Residency | 1495 | ||||||||
| Urban | 57 (17) | 107 (37) | 25 (8) | 8 (15) | 35 (24) | 39 (16) | 5 (5) | 276 (18) | |
| Rural | 271 (83) | 186 (64) | 294 (92) | 44 (85) | 113 (76) | 209 (84) | 102 (95) | 1219 (82) | |
| Characteristics | |||||||||
| Antibiotic before admission | 1486 | 0 | 28 (10) | 111 (34) | 7 (14) | 17 (11) | 111 (45) | 61 (62) | 335 (23) |
| Antimalarial before admission | 1476 | 0 | 3 (1) | 25 (8) | 5 (10) | 11 (7) | 63 (26) | 8 (9) | 115 (8) |
| Use of bed nets | 1509 | 2 (1) | 15 (5) | 291 (90) | 0 | 25 (17) | 6 (2) | 53 (56) | 392 (26) |
| Animal exposure | 1509 | 30 (9) | 50 (16) | 74 (23) | 4 (8) | 34 (23) | 55 (22) | 24 (26) | 271 (18) |
| Alcohol use | 1510 | 52 (16) | 19 (6) | 61 (19) | 4 (8) | 34 (23) | 28 (11) | 8 (9) | 206 (14) |
| Smoker | 1507 | 69 (21) | 14 (5) | 43 (13) | 8 (15) | 38 (26) | 7 (3) | 7 (8) | 186 (12) |
| Comorbidity | |||||||||
| HIV known from before | 1512 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 (47) | 0 | 0 | 75 (5) |
| Diabetes | 1511 | 0 | 32 (10) | 13 (4) | 4 (8) | 0 | 23 (9) | 4 (4) | 76 (5) |
| Cardiac disorder | 1514 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 13 (5) | 2 (2) | 19 (1) |
| Outcome | |||||||||
| Death in hospital | 1521 | 0 | 1 (0.3) | 15 (5) | 6 (12) | 0 | 13 (5) | 2 (2) | 37 (2.4) |
a
Total number investigated among 1564 patients. Discrepancies due to missing values.