Table 6 Summary of symptoms among DENV and severe DENV cases, based on Colombian surveillance data, with each symptom shown as number of cases and its percentage (in parentheses).

From: Integrating machine learning and time-to-event models to explain and predict risk of hospitalization due to dengue in Colombia

Predictor (symptoms)

DENV

(\(n_{\textrm{dengue}}=8,658\))

Severe DENV

(\(n_{\textrm{severe}}=156\))

Fever

8658 (100%)

156 (100%)

Myalgia

7149 (82.6%)

111 (71.2%)

Arthralgia

6382 (73.7%)

105 (67.3%)

Headache

6198 (71.6%)

100 (64.1%)

Abdominal pain

3734 (43.1%)

131 (84.0%)

Rash

3362 (38.8%)

63 (40.4%)

Vomiting

2837 (32.8%)

102 (65.4%)

Retro-orbital pain

2751 (31.8%)

32 (20.5%)

Diarrhea

1225 (14.1%)

50 (32.1%)

Drowsiness

276 (3.2%)

34 (21.8%)

Fluid retention

135 (1.6%)

57 (36.5%)

Hypotension

82 (0.9%)

27 (17.3%)

Hypothermia

19 (0.2%)

7 (4.5%)

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