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Table 1 Characteristics of the dengue virus infection cases (n = 532)

From: Predictors of hospital stay and mortality in dengue virus infection-experience from Aga Khan University Hospital Pakistan

Variables

Mean ± standard deviation

Median/Range/Percentages

Age, in years

35.29 ± 14.70

32(15-85)

Gender

  

Female

155

29.1%

Male

377

70.9%

Length of hospital stay

3.46 ± 3.45

3(1-33 days); 3[2-4]

Peak creatinine (μmole/litre)

98.124 ± 83.98

79.56(17.68-875.16)

Peak creatinine in AKI (μmole/litre)

229.84 ± 174.15

149.6(114.92-875.16)

Admission creatinine (μmole/litre)

90.16 ± 61.88

79.56(17.68-857.48)

Admission hematocrit (Proportion of 1.0)

0.4102 ± 0.063

0.415(0.199-0.58)

Peak hematocrit (Proportion of 1.0)

0.422 ± 0.0563

0.424(0.264-0.58)

Platelets

38.65 ± 42.14

23(2-427)

Alanine aminotransferase (μkat/L)

2.73 ± 5.86

1.27(0.050-60.55)

Prothrombin time (Seconds)

12.82 ± 8.70

11.10(3-120)

aPTT (Seconds)

36.02 ± 15.12

33.35(11.2-120)

Vasopressin

5

0.9%

Central nervous system involvement

11

2.1%

Respiratory failure

14

2.6%

World Health Organization Classification

  

Dengue fever

449

84.4%

Dengue hemorrhagic fever

76

14.3%

Dengue shock syndrome

7

1.3%

Length of stay in hospital

  

≤3 days

386

72.6%

>3 days

146

27.4%

Alanine aminotransferase

  

Normal

156

29.3%

Mild hepatitis 0.75 - 5.01 μkat/L

329

61.8%

Severe hepatitis >5.01 μkat/L

47

8.8%

Prothrombin time (Seconds)

  

≤15

468

88%

>15

64

12%

Activated partial thromboplastin time (Seconds)

  

≤ 35

307

57.7%

>35

225

42.3%

Platelets (Micro/liter)

  

<50000

406

76.3%

50000-100000

93

17.5%

100000-150000

23

4.3%

>150000

10

1.9%

Number of dengue cases/years

  

2008

76

14.3%

2009

148

27.8%

2010

308

57.9%