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Table 2 Clinical features associated to dengue diagnosis in patients evaluated up to 3 days after fever onset

From: Clinical and laboratory features that discriminate dengue from other febrile illnesses: a diagnostic accuracy study in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Clinical data

Dengue

Non-dengue

OR(95%CI)

 

N

%

N

%

 

History:

     

 Exhaustion

68

98.6

69

95.8

 

 Myalgia

64

92.8

67

93.1

 

 Headache

60

87.0

64

87.7

 

 Lumbar pain

59

85.5

59

81.9

 

 Anorexia

55

79.7

55

75.3

 

 Retro-orbital pain

49

71.0

44

60.3

 

 Taste disorder

47

70.1

36

52.2

2.15 (1.06–4.36)

 Nausea

45

65.2

40

54.8

 

 Arthralgia

44

63.8

43

58.9

 

 Photophobia

38

55.9

35

47.9

 

 Chills

33

47.8

42

57.5

 

 Dizziness

33

47.8

34

46.6

 

 History of rash

30

44.1

14

19.2

3.33 (1.56–7.07)

 Cough

25

36.2

26

35.6

 

 Diarrhea

25

36.2

18

24.7

 

 Vomiting

22

31.9

17

23.6

 

 Itching

21

31.3

13

18.6

 

 Abdominal pain

21

30.4

31

42.5

 

 Coryza

20

29.0

21

28.8

 

 Sore throat

16

23.2

27

37.0

 

 Nasal congestion

14

20.9

17

24.6

 

 History of bleeding

12

17.4

6

8.2

 

 Earache

11

16.2

5

6.9

 

 Hoarseness

11

16.2

9

12.5

 

 Dyspnea

10

14.5

7

9.7

 

Physical exam:

     

 Rash

48

71.6

31

45.6

3.02 (1.48–6.16)

 Conjunctival redness

38

55.9

20

29.0

3.10 (1.53–6.29)

 Lymph node enlargement

33

50.8

14

20.6

3.98 (1.86–8.53)

 Dehydration

24

35.3

16

23.2

 

 Pharyngeal erythema

15

22.4

21

31.3

 

 Pallor

11

16.4

15

21.7

 

 Petechiae

9

13.4

4

5.9

 

 Hepatomegaly

7

10.4

5

7.4

 

 Splenomegaly

5

7.5

5

7.2

 
  1. Crude odds ratios (OR) and respective 95% confidence intervals (CI) are shown for those with statistical significance.