Table 3 Admission clinical history details for the three study sites
From: Prognostic indicators in adults hospitalized with falciparum malaria in Western Thailand
Variable | All patients | Kanchanaburi | Sangklaburi | Mae Sot | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | N | Number (%) | N | Â | N | Â | N | Â |
No. male | 982 | 654 (67) | 569 | 371 (65) | 74 | 42 (57) | 339 | 241 (71) |
Age/years | 979 | 27 (15–74) | 564 | 26 (15–72) | 73 | 25 (15–57) | 342 | 28 (15–74) |
Body weight/kg | 929 | 51 (26–165) | 544 | 51 (32–80) | 70 | 50 (26–89) | 315 | 51 (32–165) |
Height/cm | 441 | 160 (96–180) | 199 | 160 (96–78) | 2 | 154 (145–163) | 240 | 160 (143–180) |
BMI kg/ma | 440 | 33.5 (32.8-34.2) | 198 | 33.0 (32.3-33.8) | 2 | 42.1 | 240 | 33.8 (32.7-34.8) |
Prior malaria | 780 | 445/335 (57) | 464 | 256/208 (55) | 52 | 26/26 (100) | 264 | 163/101 (62) |
Prior malarial drug | 988 | 268/720 (27) | 571 | 233/338 (41) | 74 | 6/68 (8) | 343 | 29/314 (9) |
No. days ill | 956 | 4 (1–31) | 557 | 4 (1–31) | 68 | 3 (1–30) | 331 | 3 (1–21) |
Females pregnant | 328 | 76/252 (23) | 198 | 70/128 (35) | 32 | 5/27 (16) | 98 | 1/97 (1) |
Headache | 921 | 843/78 (92) | 520 | 484/36 (93) | 72 | 66/6 (92) | 329 | 293/36 (89) |
Rigors | 875 | 454/421 (52) | 491 | 309/182 (63) | 60 | 15/45 (25) | 324 | 130/194 (40) |
Vomiting | 906 | 5 17/389 (57) | 511 | 296/215 (58) | 69 | 37/32 (54) | 326 | 184/142 (56) |
Diarrhoea | 850 | 160/690 (19) | 461 | 90/371 (24) | 65 | 8/57 (12) | 324 | 62/262 (19) |
Abdominal pain | 867 | 223/644 (26) | 478 | 129/349 (27) | 65 | 7/58 (11) | 324 | 87/237 (27) |
Cough | 851 | 143/708 (17) | 470 | 99/371 (21) | 55 | 6/49 (11) | 326 | 38/288 (12) |
Seizures | 836 | 28/808 (3) | 456 | 9/447 (2) | 60 | 1/59 (2) | 320 | 18/302 (6) |