Table 7 Admission clinical variables for those who died and survived

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