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Table 12 Clinical characteristics of 285 subjects with admission fluorescein angiogram

From: Grading fluorescein angiograms in malarial retinopathy

 

Median

25th quartile

75th quartile

Number

Percent

Total

n/a

n/a

n/a

285

100.00

History

 

 Age

39.00

28.00

58.50

285

100.00

 Gender

  Male

   

137

48.07

  Female

   

148

51.93

 Diagnosis

  CM

   

124

43.51

  SMA

   

1

0.35

  CM + SMA

   

152

53.33

  Other malarial diagnosis

   

4

1.40

  Non-malarial illness

   

4

1.40

Examination

 Weight (kg)

12.00

10.00

15.00

285

100.00

 Height (cm)

93.00

84.00

104.00

281

98.60

 Mid-upper arm circumference (cm)

15.00

14.50

16.00

282

98.95

 Temperature (rectal, °C)

38.80

38.10

39.50

285

100.00

 Heart rate (beat/s)

150.00

133.50

169.00

285

100.00

 Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

97.00

90.00

106.00

268

94.04

 Respiratory rate (breaths/s)

44.00

36.00

52.00

285

100.00

 Respiratory distress

  Absent

   

195

68.42

  Present

   

90

31.58

 Blantyre Coma Score

  0

   

20

7.02

  1

   

130

45.61

  2

   

135

47.37

 Retinopathya (either eye)

  Absent

   

21

7.37

  Present

   

264

92.63

Investigations

 Peripheral parasitaemia (parasites/μl)

45,000.00

2535.50

184,000.00

277

97.19

 White cell count (cells)

10,050.00

7200.00

14,500.00

270

94.74

 Platelets (platelets)

62,500.00

33,000.00

105,000.00

268

94.04

 Haematocrit (%)

20.00

16.00

24.85

282

98.95

 Venous lactate (mmol/L)

4.80

2.90

9.00

281

98.60

 Plasma HRP2 (ng/ml)

7405.00

3117.00

10,452.00

263

92.28

 HIV status

  Negative

   

224

78.60

  Positive

   

39

13.68

Outcome

 Full recovery

   

213

74.74

 Sequelae

   

36

12.63

 Death

   

36

12.63

  1. aRetinopathy assessed by dilated bilateral indirect ophthalmoscopy