Clinical Study

The Experience in Nicaragua: Childhood Leukemia in Low Income Countries—The Main Cause of Late Diagnosis May Be “Medical Delay”

Table 2

Medical assessments performed before diagnosing leukemia and clinical condition at the diagnosis.

ManaguaMonza value

Number of medical evaluations before diagnosis
 Median, (IQR)3 (2–4)2 (2-3)#

Clinical conditions at admission (frequencies)
 Good52 (64.2%)71 (87.7%) °
 Poor29 (35.8%)10 (12.3%)

Type of first medical evaluation before diagnosis (frequencies)
 First51 (63%)57 (70.4%) °
 Second29 (35.8%)23 (28.4%) °
 Third1 (1.2%)1 (1.2%)

Antibiotics treatment before diagnosis (frequencies)
 Yes48 (59%)35 (43%) °
 No33 (41%)46 (57%)

Iron supplementation before diagnosis (frequencies)
 Yes16 (20%)0 (0%)
 No65 (80%)81 (100%)

° : Chi-square test; : Fisher Test; #: Mann-Whitney/Wilcoxon Two-Sample Test.