Muhammad Aamir, Gulsena Masood, Wasim Aamir, Anjum Rasheed, Asadullah Ejaz, Sara Syed.
Gender Difference in patients with Dengue Fever admitted in a Teaching Hospital, Lahore.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;8(1):12-5.

Aim: To evaluate the gender related differences in dengue fever incidence in 95 patients admitted in teaching hospital of Lahore. Study design: Observational study Place & duration of study: Department of medicine Ghurki Trust Teaching Hospital, Lahore from 15-10-2011 till 10-11-2011. Methodology: Analysis included data of 95 patients. All patients included in the study were suffering from fever, had antibody IgM against dengue and platelet count of < 100. Patients with age < 15 years or >75 years, having IgM antibodies negative or platelet count of > 100 were excluded from the study. Chi-square test was applied and p-value < 0.05 was accepted as significant. Results: A total of 95 patients suffering from dengue fever and fulfilling the inclusion criteria were enrolled in the study. There were 77 males (81.1%) and 18 females (18.9%), with age range of 15-75 years. 76 (98.7%) of males and 100% of females, recovered fully while 1(1.1%) patient expired with p-value of 0.031, that is statistically significant. Conclusion: Dengue fever, a viral infection is re-emerging as a serious public health problem. Fever, rash, headache, myalgia with chills were common presenting features. Demographic factor such as sex, is associated with likelihood of exposure to Aedes Aegypti, the vector for dengue. Male sex is associated with more likelihood of suffering from dengue. An excess of males was found among reported dengue cases in our study.

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