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Table 1 Clinical and laboratory parameters in patients with severe dengue and in those with dengue with warning signs who did not develop severe dengue

From: Evaluation of the WHO revised criteria for classification of clinical disease severity in acute adult dengue infection

WHO warning sign

Presence in patients with non severe dengue

Presence in patients with severe dengue

Odds ratio and CI

P value

N = 144 (%)

N = 40 (%)

Abdominal pain

42 (29.6)

16 (40)

1.69 (0.7820 to 3.352)

0.24

Vomiting

57 (39.6)

20 (50)

1.526 (0.7547 to 3.087)

0.28

Clinical fluid accumulation

23 (15.9)

11 (27.5)

2.094 (0.9186 to 4.775)

0.10

Mucosal bleeding

18 (12.5)

9 (22.5)

2.03 (0.8332 to 4.957)

0.13

Lethargy/restlessness

1 (0.07)

2 (0.05)

  

Increase in HCT

144 (100)

40 (100)

  

Reduction in platelet counts <100,000cells/cm3

144 (100)

40 (100)