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Table 5 Statistically significant signs and symptoms of fever between Fever Now and Fever Not Now subsets

From: A systematic approach for studying the signs and symptoms of fever in adult patients: the fever assessment tool (FAST)

Signs and Symptoms

χ 2

p

2. Chills or Shivering

 Category

7.42

0.024

 Fever Now vs. Fever Not Now

7.42

0.006

4. Warm

 Category

12.98

0.0015

 Fever Now vs. Fever Not Now

8.89

0.003

10. General Body Aches

 Category

19.66

<0.0001

 Fever Now vs. Fever Not Now

5.88

0.015

13. Sleepy

 Category

10.96

0.004

 Fever Now vs. Fever Not Now

4.27

0.039

17. Difficulty Breathing

 Category

15.49

0.0004

 Fever Now vs. Fever Not Now

4.10

0.043

  1. Five statistically significant signs and symptoms across Fever Now and Fever Not Now. The category is overall comparison among all three groups. It is included (Wald statistics χ 2 and p values) because this value must be significant before examining the contrasts Fever Now and Fever Not Now in the GEE contrast analyses