Table 1 Baseline characteristics
From: Non-communicable disease burden among inpatients at a rural district hospital in Malawi
Variable | Overall | NCD | Non-NCD | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total visits (N, %) | 2239 (100) | 615 (27.5) | 1624 (72.5) | Â |
Age, mean, years (SD) | 24.6 (22.7) | 37.6 (25.2) | 19.7 (19.6) |  < 0.001 |
Female sex (N, %) | 1211 (54.1) | 263 (42.8) | 948 (58.4) |  < 0.001 |
HIV positivity (N, %) | 269 (12.0) | 67 (10.9) | 202 (12.4) | 0.32 |
TB positivity (N, %) | 86 (3.8) | 23 (3.7) | 63 (3.9) | 0.88 |
Length of stay, mean, days (SD) | 5.4 (9.9) | 7.9 (13.6) | 4.4 (7.9) |  < 0.001 |
Percent total hospital time | 100 | 40.2 | 59.8 | 0.01 |
Readmissions (N, %) | 103 (4.6) | 41 (6.7) | 62 (3.8) | 0.004 |
Transfers to higher levels of care (N, %) | 86 (3.8) | 38 (6.2) | 48 (3.0) |  < 0.001 |
Mortality (N, %) | 89 (4.0) | 39 (6.3) | 50 (3.1) |  < 0.001 |
Total tested for HIV (N, %) | 1100 (49.1) | 295 (48.0) | 805 (49.6) | 0.50 |
Positive HIV tests (N, %) | 14 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | 14 (1.7) | 0.02 |
Surgery (N, %) | 252 (11.3) | 51 (8.3) | 201 (12.4) | 0.01 |