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Table 1 Primary outcome measures according to severity of hepatitis within two categories diagnosis

From: Severity of acute hepatitis and its outcome in patients with dengue fever in a tertiary care hospital Karachi, Pakistan (South Asia)

Diagnosis Categories

Severity of hepatitis

Deaths n

Death rate (Deaths/10 day)

H.R (95% CI; UCI, LCI)^

P value

(Difference in death rate)!

LOS ± SD

P value

Dengue fever (n = 517)

Mild to Moderate Hepatitis (n = 436)

3

0.019

2.97(0.48,18.6)

0.283

3.50 ± 1.54

<0.025

 

Severe hepatitis (n = 81)

3

0.093

  

3.96 ± 2.27

 

DHF/DSS

(n = 82)

Mild to Moderate Hepatitis (n = 60)

3

0.010

5(1.3,16)

0.003

4.60 ± 2.87

.212

 

Severe hepatitis (n = 22)

9

0.073

  

5.60 ± 3.85

 
  1. ^H.R = Hazard Ratio, UCI = Upper confidence interval, LCI = Lower confidence interval
  2. ! Log Rank value