- Relationship between clinical features and hypoglycemia.
| Variable | Hypoglycemia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical features | n | Absent n (%) | Present n (%) | X2 | P-value |
| Fever | 289 | 239 (82.7) | 50 (17.3) | 2.903 | 0.888 |
| Cough | 160 | 135 (84.4) | 25 (15.6) | 0.015 | 0.903 |
| Difficulty in breathing | 129 | 103 (79.8) | 26 (20.2) | 2.840 | 0.092 |
| Diarrhoea | 173 | 138 (79.8) | 35 (20.2) | 4.986 | 0.026* |
| Vomiting | 193 | 160 (82.9) | 33 (17.1) | 0.494 | 0.482 |
| Abdominal distention | 65 | 45 (69.2) | 20 (30.8) | 13.331 | 0.001* |
| Anorexia | 244 | 196 (80.3) | 48 (19.7) | 9.290 | 0.002* |
| Convulsions | 92 | 65 (70.7) | 27 (29.3) | 17.118 | 0.001* |
| Weakness | 196 | 146 (74.5) | 50 (25.5) | 32.109 | 0.001* |
| Dysuria | 70 | 61 (87.1) | 9 (12.9) | 0.604 | 0.437 |
| Frequency | 28 | 26 (92.9) | 2 (7.1) | 1.744 | 0.187 |
| Tachypnea | 226 | 183 (81.0) | 43 (19.0) | 4.988 | 0.026* |
| Tachycardia | 223 | 182 (81.6) | 41 (18.4) | 3.040 | 0.081 |
| Hypertension | 51 | 40 (78.4) | 11 (21.6) | 1.452 | 0.228 |
| Unarousable coma | 62 | 28 (45.2) | 34 (54.8) | 86.135 | 0.001* |
| Oedema | 27 | 21 (77.8) | 6 (22.2) | 0.882 | 0.348 |
| Dehydration | 44 | 29 (65.9) | 15 (34.1) | 12.543 | 0.001* |
| Pallor | 60 | 52 (86.7) | 8 (13.3) | 0.354 | 0.552 |
| Hepatomegaly | 18 | 14 (77.8) | 4 (22.2) | 0.572 | 0.450 |
| Dyspnea | 74 | 62 (83.8) | 12 (16.2) | 0.008 | 0.929 |
| Crepitation | 66 | 54 (81.8) | 12 (18.2) | 0.324 | 0.569 |