Frequency and Clinical Features of Dengue Infection in a Schoolchildren Cohort from Medellin, Colombia

Table 2

Sociodemographics characteristics of the cohort of schoolchildren with dengue acute infection and other febrile illness, Medellin, Colombia.

	Other febrile illness		Dengue acute infection		Total
Characteristics	𝑛=241		𝑛=23		𝑛=264
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Schools
Public A	23	100.0	0	0.0	23	8.7
Public B	166	91.2	16	8.8	182	68.9
Private C	52	88.1	7	11.9	59	22.3
Total	241	91.3	23	8.7	264	100.0
Sex
Male	91	90.1	10	9.9	101	38.3
Female	150	92.0	13	8.0	163	61.7
Age (years)
5	3	100.0	0	0.0	3	1.1
6	13	76.5	4	23.5	17	6.4
7	13	92.9	1	7.1	14	5.3
8	8	72.7	3	27.3	11	4.2
9	29	100.0	0	0.0	29	11.0
10	24	92.3	2	7.7	26	9.8
11	27	93.1	2	6.9	29	11.0
12	39	92.9	3	7.1	42	15.9
13	22	84.6	4	15.4	26	9.8
14	30	93.8	2	6.3	32	12.1
15	17	89.5	2	10.5	19	7.2
16	10	100.0	0	0.0	10	3.8
17	6	100.0	0	0.0	6	2.3
Mean ± SD (range) years old	11.4±2.8 (5–17)		10.6±3.1 (6–15)		11.3±2.8 (5–17)
Ethnic group
Mestizo	227	91.2	22	8.8	249	94.3
Afrodescendant	14	93.3	1	6.7	15	5.7
Socioeconomic status
Low	161	92.5	13	7.5	174	65.9
Medium	70	88.6	9	11.4	79	29.9
High	10	90.9	1	9.1	11	4.2