Research Article
Frequency and Clinical Features of Dengue Infection in a Schoolchildren Cohort from Medellin, Colombia
Table 3
Clinical features of dengue acute infection and other fever illness in schoolchildren, Medellin, Colombia.
| Signs and symptoms | Other febrile illness | Dengue acute infections | Total
| value | | | | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
| General status | | | | | | | | Asthenia | 235 | 87.0 | 22 | 95.7 | 257 | 87.7 | 0.330 | Muscle aches | 107 | 39.6 | 9 | 39.1 | 116 | 39.6 | 1.000 | Arthralgia | 89 | 330 | 10 | 43.5 | 99 | 33.8 | 0.359 | Back pain | 74 | 27.4 | 7 | 30.4 | 81 | 27.6 | 0.809 |
| Head | | | | | | | | Headache | 223 | 82.6 | 19 | 82.6 | 242 | 82.6 | 1.000 | Red throat | 175 | 64.,8 | 18 | 78.3 | 193 | 65.9 | 0.254 | Neck Pain | 160 | 59.3 | 10 | 43.5 | 170 | 58.0 | 0.186 | Retroorbital Pain | 81 | 30.0 | 6 | 26.1 | 87 | 29.7 | 0.815 | Mucosal petechiae | 51 | 18.9 | 5 | 21.7 | 56 | 19.1 | 0.782 | Reddened conjunctiva | 14 | 5.2 | 2 | 8.7 | 16 | 5.5 | 0.363 | Flushed face | 13 | 4.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 4.4 | 0.609 |
| Gastrointestinal | | | | | | | | Anorexia | 155 | 57.4 | 18 | 78.3 | 173 | 59.0 | 0.075 | Nauseas | 127 | 47.0 | 10 | 43.5 | 137 | 46.8 | 0.829 | Vomiting | 65 | 24.1 | 4 | 17.4 | 69 | 23.5 | 0.612 | Abdominal pain | 129 | 47.8 | 13 | 56.5 | 142 | 48.5 | 0.516 | Diarrhea | 42 | 15.6 | 3 | 13.0 | 45 | 15.4 | 1.000 | Hepatomegaly | 2 | 0.7 | 1 | 4.3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.218 |
| Respiratory | | | | | | | | Cough | 179 | 66.3 | 14 | 60.9 | 193 | 65.9 | 0.649 | Nasal Congestion | 172 | 63.7 | 16 | 69.6 | 188 | 64.2 | 0.656 | Running nose | 157 | 58.1 | 15 | 65.2 | 172 | 58.7 | 0.660 | Otalgia | 61 | 22.6 | 1 | 4.3 | 62 | 21.2 | 0.058 |
| Skin | | | | | | | | Rash | 22 | 8.1 | 2 | 8.7 | 24 | 8.2 | 1.000 |
| Hemorrhages | | | | | | | | Epistaxis | 26 | 9.6 | 1 | 4.3 | 27 | 9.2 | 0.707 | Metrorrhagiaa | 15 | 11.4 | 1 | 16.7 | 16 | 11.6 | 0.530 | Bleeding Gums | 12 | 4.4 | 1 | 4.3 | 13 | 4.4 | 1.000 | Positive tourniquet test | 9 | 3.3 | 3 | 13.0 | 12 | 4.1 | 0.059 |
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