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Table 1 Characteristics of 100 patients admitted with fever to a tertiary care hospital in South India during July 2007

From: Fever in the tropics: aetiology and case-fatality - a prospective observational study in a tertiary care hospital in South India

Characteristics

Patients (n = 100)

Age (years)

 

  Mean (median, range)

37.5 (36.0, 16–84)

Gender

 

  Male (n)

61

  Female (n)

39

Fever duration (weeks)

 

  Mean (median, range)

5.4 (2.1, 0.1- 42.9)

  < 1 week (n)

34

  1-4 weeks (n)

30

  1-3 months (n)

26

  > 3 months (n)

9

Length of stay (days)

 

  Mean (median, range)

11.6 (8.0, 1–57)

Comorbidity

 

  HIV1 (n)

6

  Diabetes (n)

23

  1. Missing values: Age, n = 2; Fever duration, n = 2.
  2. Length of stay, n = 1; Comorbidity, missing values interpreted as no comorbidity.
  3. 1Six were known HIV positive; among these one had a negative
  4. HIV test recorded, one was not tested, and four were HIV antibody positive.