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Prevalence rate of hospitalized myasthenia gravis patients classified by regions of Thailand.
Regions Population ages 18 and over Number of admissions by primary diagnosis (G70) Number Patient/100,000 Northern 8,871,705 220 2.48 Northeast 15,964,936 276 1.73 Central 11,896,555 391 3.39 Southern 6,287,474 49 0.78 Total 43,020,670 936 2.17 - Table 2
Factors affecting discharge status of hospitalized myasthenia gravis patients (N=936).
Variable Discharge Status P-value Improved Not improved Dead Total n (%) Gender 0.399 Male 242 (91.0) 21 (7.9) 3 (1.1) 266 (28.4) Female 603 (90.0) 50 (7.5) 17 (2.5) 670 (71.6) Age 0.072 18-29 138 (91.4) 12 (7.9) 1 (0.7) 151 (16.1) 30-39 201 (91.8) 16 (7.3) 2 (0.9) 219 (23.4) 40-49 204 (89.1) 22 (9.6) 3 (1.3) 229 (24.5) 50-59 177 (90.3) 14 (7.1) 5 (2.6) 196 (20.9) 60-69 93 (89.4) 5 (4.8) 6 (5.8) 104 (11.1) 70-79 23 (88.5) 1 (3.8) 2 (7.7) 26 (2.8) 80+ 9 (81.8) 1 (9.1) 1 (9.1) 11 (1.2) Insurance groups 0.040 Government welfare 95 (90.5) 6 (5.7) 4 (3.8) 105 (11.2) Social welfare 183 (95.3) 7 (3.6) 2 (1.0) 192 (20.5) Universal coverage 567 (88.7) 58 (9.1) 14 (2.2) 639 (68.3) Hospital category <0.001 Primary 72 (72.0) 27 (27.0) 1 (1.0) 100 (11.0) Secondary 175 (87.1) 22 (10.9) 4 (2.0) 201 (21.0) Tertiary 491 (94.2) 18 (3.5) 12 (2.3) 521 (56.0) Private 107 (93.9) 4 (3.5) 3 (2.6) 114 (12.0) Regions <0.001 Northern 197 (89.5) 19 (8.6) 4 (1.8) 220 (23.5) Northeast 240 (87.0) 34 (12.3) 2 (0.7) 276 (29.5) Central 367 (93.9) 11 (2.8) 13 (3.3) 391 (41.8) Southern 41 (83.7) 7 (14.3) 1 (2.0) 49 (5.2) Pneumonia <0.001 No 778 (92.0) 56 (6.6) 12 (1.4) 846 (90.4) Yes 67 (74.4) 15 (16.7) 8 (8.9) 90 (9.6) Respiratory failure <0.001 No 660 (94.0) 41 (5.8) 1 (0.1) 702 (75.0) Yes 185 (79.1) 30 (12.8) 19 (8.1) 234 (25.0) Intravenous immunoglobins 0.999 No 840 (90.2) 71 (7.6) 20 (2.1) 931 (99.5) Yes 5 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 5 (0.5) Factors Count Length of stay P-value Mean SD Pneumonia <0.001 No 846 8.50 14.31 Yes 90 28.74 34.59 Respiratory failure <0.001 No 702 6.35 10.22 Yes 234 22.74 28.74 IVIG treatment 234 22.74 28.74 0.142 No 230 22.30 28.35 Yes 4 48.00 44.12 - Table 4
Significant factors associated with poor outcome at discharge of hospitalized myasthenia gravis patients by multivariate logistic analysis.
Variable Adjusted odds ratio 95% confidence interval P-value Hospital category <0.001 Primary 1.00 Secondary 0.24 0.12-0.46 Tertiary 0.09 0.04-0.18 Private 0.28 0.09-0.84 Pneumonia 0.027 No 1.00 Yes 2.20 1.10-4.39 Respiratory failure <0.001 No 1.00 <0.001 Yes 4.67 2.66-8.21
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