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Table 4 Involvement of joints in the SFG patients

From: Revisiting clinico-epidemiological pattern of human rickettsial infections in the central region of Sri Lanka: a hospital based descriptive study

Joint/Joint category involveda

Number of patients, n = 134

Joint involved [n (% and 95% confidence limits)]

 Ankle

73 (54 ± 8.4)

 Knee

71 (53 ± 8.4)

 Elbow

64 (48 ± 8.5)

 Wrist

47 (35 ± 8.1)

 Shoulder

46 (34 ± 8)

 Hand

43 (32 ± 7.9)

 Lower back

40 (30 ± 7.8)

 Feet

39 (29 ± 7.7)

 Neck

20 (15 ± 6.1)

Joint category involved [n (% and 95% confidence limits)]

 Large joints

85 (63 ± 8.2)

 Small joints

44 (33 ± 8)

 Joints of axial skeleton

40 (30 ± 7.8)

  1. aListed in the descending order of the frequency