Table 1 Demographic data with average duration of illness and laboratory parameters of normal healthy subjects, controls and cases
Demographics | **p value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal (healthy) | Control | Case | |||
Number of patients | 37 | 24 | 42 | NA | |
Gender | Female | 26 | 7 | 18 | 0.003 |
Male | 11 | 17 | 24 | ||
Age (years) | 11 – 20 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0.677 |
21 – 30 | 27 | 12 | 15 | ||
31 – 40 | 7 | 3 | 9 | ||
41 – 50 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
51 – 60 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Average duration of illness (DOI) (days) | NA | 5 (3 – 7) | 5 (1 – 7) | 0.856 | |
Body temperature, mean (°C) | NA | 38.5 (37.0 – 40.0) | 38.1 (37.0 – 40.6) | NA | |
Max Hct, mean | Female | NA | 38.0 (35.7 – 39.9) | 42.9 (26.5 – 50.0) | <0.001 |
Male | NA | 42.7 (33.8 – 45.7) | 48.7 (40.0 – 55.5) | ||