From: Prognostic indicators in adults hospitalized with falciparum malaria in Western Thailand
Variable | All patients | Survived | Died | P | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | N |  | % | N |  | % | N |  | % |  |
No. male | 982 | 654 | 67 | 906 | 598 | 66 | 76 | 56 | 74 | 0.197 |
Age/years | 979 | 27 (15–74) | - | 905 | 27 (15–74) | - | 74 | 26 (15–67) | - | 0.410 |
Body weight/kg | 929 | 51 (26–165) | - | 861 | 51 (26–165) | - | 68 | 50 (40–75) | - | 0.715 |
Prior malaria | 780 | 445/335 | 57 | 748 | 438/310 | 59 | 32 | 7/25 | 22 | <0.001 |
Prior malarial drug | 988 | 268/720 | 27 | 911 | 242/669 | 27 | 77 | 26/51 | 34 | 0.310 |
No. days ill | 956 | 4 (1–31) | - | 886 | 3 (1–31) | - | 70 | 4 (1–20) | - | 0.836 |
No. females pregnant | 328 | 76/252 | 23 | 308 | 75/233 | 24 | 20 | 1/19 | 5 | 0.049 |
Headache | 921 | 843/78 | 92 | 866 | 794/72 | 94 | 55 | 49/6 | 89 | 0.511 |
Rigors | 875 | 454/421 | 52 | 821 | 428/393 | 52 | 54 | 26/28 | 48 | 0.522 |
Vomiting | 906 | 517/389 | 57 | 855 | 484/371 | 56 | 51 | 33/18 | 65 | 0.268 |
Diarrheoa | 850 | 160/690 | 19 | 805 | 152/653 | 19 | 45 | 8/37 | 18 | 0.805 |
Abdominal pain | 867 | 223/644 | 26 | 823 | 215/608 | 26 | 44 | 8/36 | 18 | 0.200 |
Cough | 851 | 143/708 | 17 | 806 | 136/670 | 17 | 45 | 7/38 | 16 | 0.897 |
Seizures | 836 | 28/808 | 3 | 786 | 18/768 | 2 | 50 | 10/40 | 20 | <0.001 |
Dehydration | 781 | 428/353 | 55 | 734 | 395/339 | 54 | 47 | 33/14 | 70 | 0.063 |
Anaemia | 932 | 274/658 | 29 | 862 | 236/626 | 27 | 70 | 38/32 | 54 | <0.001 |
Jaundice | 969 | 226/743 | 23 | 892 | 175/717 | 20 | 77 | 51/26 | 66 | <0.001 |
Temperature o C a | 963 | 38.5 (38.4 - 38.6) | - | 892 | 38.6 (38.5-38.6) | - | 71 | 38.0 (37.7-38.3) | - | <0.001 |
Pulse/min a | 927 | 101.0 (99.9-102.2) | - | 856 | 100.1 (99.0-101.2) | - | 71 | 113.3 (108.6–117.9) | - | <0.001 |
BP systolic mmHg a | 924 | 108.3 (107.3-109.3) | - | 851 | 107.9 (106.9-108.9) | - | 73 | 113.5 (108.4– 118.5) | - | 0.004 |
BP diastolic mmHg a | 918 | 65.5 (64.7-66.3) | - | 846 | 65.4 (64.6-66.2) | - | 72 | 66.8 (63.6-70.0) | - | 0.247 |
Respiratory rate/min b | 909 | 24.3 (23.8-24.7) | - | 837 | 23.9 (23.5-24.3) | - | 71 | 29.2 (26.9 - 31.6) | - | <0.001 |
Abdominal tenderness | 801 | 124/677 | 15 | 743 | 116/627 | 16 | 58 | 8/50 | 14 | 0.689 |
Liver palpable | 870 | 338/532 | 39 | 800 | 299/501 | 38 | 70 | 39/31 | 56 | 0.005 |
Spleen palpable | 885 | 190/695 | 22 | 818 | 172/646 | 21 | 67 | 18/49 | 27 | 0.308 |
Cranial nerve abnormalities | 515 | 35/480 | 7 | 467 | 20/447 | 4 | 48 | 15/33 | 31 | <0.001 |
GCS Total | 944 | 15 (3–15) | - | 882 | 15 (3–15) | - | 62 | 9 (3–15) | - | <0.001 |
GCS Eyes | 941 | 4 (1–4) | - | 881 | 4 (1–4) | - | 60 | 4 (1–4) | - | <0.001 |
GCS Verbal | 939 | 5 (1–5) | - | 881 | 5 (1–5) | - | 58 | 1 (1–5) | - | <0.001 |
GCS Motor | 941 | 6 (1–6) | - | 881 | 6 (1–6) | - | 60 | 5 (1–6) | - | <0.001 |
Fundal haemorrhages | 443 | 11/432 | 3 | 389 | 4/385 | 1 | 54 | 7/47 | 13 | <0.001 |