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Table 3 clinical differences between patients with severe and uncomplicated malaria in EFSTH

From: Clinical manifestations and outcomes of severe malaria in adult patients admitted to a tertiary hospital in the Gambia

Variable

Severe malaria n = 76 (%)

Uncomplicated malaria n = 55 (%)

P value

Age Mean (yrs)

22.9

29

0.004

Age groups (yrs)

   

 15–24

59 (77.6)

26 (47.3)

< 0.001

 > 24

17 (22.4)

29 (52.7)

 

 Sex (M:F)

53 (69.7):23 (30.3)

35 (63.6):20 (36.4)

0.463

Type of referral

   

 Self referral

14 (18.4)

21 (38.2)

0.012

 Health facility

62 (81.6)

34 (61.8)

 

Outcome

   

 Dead

13 (17.1)

0 (0)

0.001

 Alive

63 (82.9)

55 (100)

 

Duration of admission: Median (hours) (range)

96 (4-552)

72 (4-360)

0.025