Variables | Category | Frequency | % |
---|---|---|---|
Age in year | < 5 years | 49 | 14.7 |
5–9 years | 142 | 42.5 | |
10–14 years | 131 | 39.2 | |
15–18 years | 12 | 3.6 | |
Sex | Male | 202 | 60.5 |
Female | 132 | 39.5 | |
Residential area | Urban | 76 | 22.8 |
Rural | 258 | 77.2 | |
Season of infection | Dry | 171 | 51.2 |
Rainy | 163 | 48.8 | |
Reasons for presentationa | General body swelling | 274 | 82 |
Facial swelling | 60 | 18 | |
Bloody urine | 180 | 53.9 | |
Oliguria | 114 | 34.1 | |
Nutritional status | Well nourished | 52 | 15.6 |
Under nourished | 282 | 84.4 | |
Duration of infection | Early (< 2 weeks) | 58 | 17.4 |
Late (> 2 weeks) | 276 | 82.6 | |
Source of infection | Sore throat | 181 | 54.2 |
Skin infection | 110 | 32.9 | |
No history of infection | 43 | 12.9 | |
Length of hospitalization | < 2 weeks | 76 | 22.8 |
> 2 weeks | 258 | 77.2 | |
Complicationsa | Hypertension | 214 | 64.1 |
Encephalopathy | 56 | 16.8 | |
Heart failure | 78 | 23.4 | |
Pulmonary edema | 60 | 18 | |
Renal failure | 22 | 6.6 |