Research Article
The Usefulness of Clinical-Practice-Based Laboratory Data in Facilitating the Diagnosis of Dengue Illness
Table 1
Demographic and clinical information of the included patients.
| | Variable | Overall dengue cases (A) () | (A versus D) | Dengue fever cases (B) () | (B versus D) | Dengue hemorrhagic cases (C) () | (C versus D) | Nondengue cases1 (D) () |
| | Demographics | | | | | | | | | Age, yr | | 0.375 | | 0.669 | | 0.279 | | | Mean (±SD) | | | | | | | | | Median (range) | 49 (18–68) | | 47 (18–68) | | 49 (18–63) | | 43 (18–81) | | Male gender, no. (%) | 44 (44) | 0.667 | 22 (38.6) | >0.99 | 22 (51.2) | 0.270 | 40 (40) | | Underlying condition,2 no. (%) | | | | | | | | | Hypertension | 13 (13) | >0.99 | 6 (10.5) | 0.801 | 7 (16.3) | 0.607 | 13 (13) | | Diabetes mellitus | 14 (14) | 0.834 | 5 (8.8) | 0.603 | 9 (20.9) | 0.199 | 12 (12) | | Old stroke | 0 | 0.121 | 0 | 0.297 | 0 | 0.316 | 4 (4) | Chronic kidney
disease | 0 | 0.121 | 0 | 0.297 | 0 | 0.316 | 4 (4) | | Solid tumor | 0 | 0.246 | 0 | 0.554 | 0 | 0.554 | 3 (3) | | Symptom/sign,3 no. (%) | | | | | | | | | Fever | 96 (96) | 0.251 | 57 (100) | 0.027 | 39 (90.7) | >0.99 | 91 (91) | | Bone pain | 55 (55) | 0.007 | 33 (57.9) | 0.007 | 22 (51.2) | 0.093 | 35 (35) | | Retroorbital pain | 8 (8) | >0.99 | 6 (10.5) | 0.782 | 2 (4.7) | 0.505 | 9 (9) | | Arthralgia | 10 (10) | 0.033 | 6 (10.5) | 0.027 | 4 (9.3) | 0.067 | 2 (2) | | Abdominal pain | 40 (40) | 0.1 | 20 (35.1) | 0.373 | 20 (46.5) | 0.036 | 28 (28) | | Cough | 31 (31) | 0.342 | 16 (28.1) | 0.574 | 15 (34.9) | 0.220 | 24 (24) | | Diarrhea | 22 (22) | 0.197 | 11 (19.3) | 0.497 | 11 (25.6) | 0.148 | 14 (14) | | Nausea/vomiting | 36 (36) | 0.042 | 19 (33.3) | 0.134 | 17 (39.5) | 0.041 | 22 (22) | | Rash | 34 (34) | 0.005 | 24 (42.1) | 0.001 | 10 (23.3) | 0.347 | 16 (16) | | Myalgia | 15 (15) | <0.001 | 10 (17.5) | <0.001 | 5 (11.6) | <0.001 | 47 (47) | | Petechiae | 44 (44) | <0.001 | 19 (33.3) | <0.001 | 25 (58.1) | <0.001 | 9 (9) | | Gum bleeding | 26 (26) | <0.001 | 13 (22.8) | <0.001 | 13 (30.2) | <0.001 | 0 | Gastrointestinal
bleeding | 20 (20) | <0.001 | 7 (12.3) | 0.001 | 13 (30.2) | <0.001 | 0 |
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Including viral infections other than dengue illness (78 cases), bacterial sepsis (6 cases), gastrointestinal bleeding with/without liver cirrhosis (4 cases), urinary tract infection (2 cases), and aplastic anemia, colitis, acute hepatitis, acute pancreatitis, hepatocellular carcinoma, biliary tract infection, aseptic meningitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, acute tonsillitis, and pneumonia (each 1 case).
2An individual patient might have more than one underlying condition.
3An individual patient might have more than one symptom/sign.
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