Research Article
Diagnosis of Acute Dengue Virus Infection Using Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay and Real-Time PCR
Table 2
Demographics and clinical characteristics of dengue patients.
| | Characteristics | Total | DF | DHF | value | | N (%) | N = 560 (%) | N = 50 (%) |
| | Median age (interquartile range) | 30 (21–45) | 30 (21–41) | 35 (21–50) | 0.487 |
| | Gender | | Male | 415 (68) | 387 (69.1) | 28 (56) | 0.08 | | Female | 195 (32) | 173 (30.9) | 22 (44) | |
| | Clinical presentation | | Fever | 610 (100) | 560 (100) | 50 (100) | 1.0 | | Myalgia/arthralgia | 418 (68.5) | 387 (69.1) | 31 (62) | 0.340 | | Abdominal pain | 435 (71.3) | 391 (69.8) | 44 (88) | 0.005 | | Retro-orbital pain | 436 (71.5) | 403 (72.0) | 33 (66) | 0.414 | | Headache | 362 (59.3) | 332 (59.3) | 30 (60) | 1.0 | | Hemorrhage | 252 (41.3) | 205 (36.6) | 47 (94) | <0.0001 |
| | Hematological parameters | | Leukopenia | 290 (47.5) | 265 (47.3) | 25 (50) | 0.768 | | Thrombocytopenia (<150000) at presentation | 548 (89.8) | 498 (88.9) | 50 (100) | 0.006 | | <100,000 | 430 (70.5) | 380 (67.9) | 50 (100) | <0.001 | | <50,000 | 211 (34.6) | 182 (32.5) | 29 (58) | 0.001 | | <25000 | 77 (12.6) | 62 (11.1) | 15 (30) | 0.001 | | Hematocrit level at admission (median (SD)) | 40.7 (8.7) | 41 (7.5) | 50.9 (18.4) | 0.014 |
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