Acute Events And morbidity indicators | Early Presenters Late Presenters Test Statistics | ||
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Events with Incident rates (events/1000 person-year) per group | |||
VOC (n = 880) | 700 | 1000 | IRR = 1.43; p < 0.001 95% CI(1.18–1.72) |
ACS (n = 571) | 570 | 800 | IRR = 1.40; p = 0.002 95% CI (1.12–1.75) |
ASS (n = 112) | 280 | 340 | IRR = 1.21; p = 0.38795% CI (0.76–1.89) |
Infection (n = 21) | 50 | 50 | IRR = 0.93; p = 0.923 95% CI (0.24–3.08) |
Other indicators of morbidity (%) of patients per group (number of patients) | |||
Number of patients splenectomised | 8 (7%) | 12 (7%) | χ2 = 0.1 ; p = 0.950 |
Hospital admissions/Total visits | 330 (48%) | 430( 51%) | χ2 = 0.8 ; p = 0.364 |
Number Ever needing strong opioid for VOC/Total VOC episodes | 48 (14%) | 97 (21%) | χ2 = 5.1 ; p = 0.077 |
Number Ever requiring ICU admissions/Total visits | 0 | 3 (0.4%) | χ2 = 3.7 ; p = 0.161 |
Number of patients needing Oxygen for ACS/Total ACS visits | 59 (52%) | 81( 56%) | χ2 = 0.4 ; p = 0.519 |
Transfusions for ASS/Total ASS visits | 21 (36%) | 15( 28%) | χ2 = 1.0 ; p = 0.308 |