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Table 7 Socio-demographic, clinical and life style associated potential risk factors
| Parameter | SPHS | No LPH | P value* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | N | % | |||
| Age | < 40 years | 28 | 59.6 | 19 | 40.4 | 0.7053 |
| > 40 years | 52 | 64.2 | 29 | 35.8 | ||
| Sex | Male | 68 | 63.6 | 39 | 36.4 | 0.6263 |
| Female | 12 | 57.1 | 9 | 42.9 | ||
| Smoking | Yes | 37 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0091 |
| No | 43 | 82.7 | 9 | 17.3 | ||
| Alcohol consumption | Yes | 41 | 93.2 | 3 | 6.8 | 0.4845 |
| No | 39 | 86.7 | 6 | 13.3 | ||
| Oliguria on admission | Yes | 71 | 71.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 0.0003 |
| No | 9 | 32.1 | 19 | 67.9 | ||
| Conjunctival injections | Yes | 54 | 76.1 | 17 | 23.9 | 0.0005 |
| No | 26 | 45.6 | 31 | 54.4 | ||
| Tachycardia (> 100 bpm) | Yes | 70 | 69.3 | 31 | 30.7 | 0.0033 |
| No | 10 | 37.0 | 17 | 63.0 | ||
| Hypotension | Yes | 62 | 81.6 | 14 | 18.4 | < 0.0001 |
| No | 18 | 34.6 | 34 | 65.4 | ||
| Tachypnoea | Yes | 72 | 80.9 | 17 | 19.1 | < 0.0001 |
| No | 8 | 20.5 | 31 | 79.5 | ||
| Arterial hypoxaemia | Yes | 68 | 94.4 | 4 | 5.6 | < 0.0001 |
| No | 12 | 21.4 | 44 | 78.6 | ||
| Leukocytosis | Yes | 69 | 75.0 | 23 | 25.0 | < 0.0001 |
| No | 11 | 30.6 | 25 | 69.4 | ||
| Thrombocytopenia | Yes | 54 | 84.4 | 10 | 15.6 | < 0.0001 |
| No | 26 | 40.6 | 38 | 59.4 | ||
