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Table 1 Characteristics of patients included in and excluded from the analyses

From: Impact of most promising Ebola therapies on survival: a secondary analysis during the tenth outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo

 

Excluded

Included

Overall

p

n

%

n

%

n

%

Age (mean ± SD)

31.03 ± 17.28

29.34 ± 16.24

29.82 ± 16.55

0.124

Gender

      

0.205

 Female

173

54.2

455

58.3

628

57.1

 

 Male

146

45.8

326

41.7

472

42.9

 

Total

319

100.0

781

100.0

1100

100.0

 

Profession**

      

0.058

 Others

301

94.4

701

89.8

1002

91.1

 

 Health professionals

16

5.0

69

8.8

85

7.7

 

 Butcher/religious leader

2

0.6

11

1.4

13

1.2

 

Total

319

100.0

781

100.0

1100

100.0

 

Type of treatment *

      

< 0.001

No EVD-specific treatment

0

0.0

55

7.0

55

6.3

 

 MAb114

32

33.3

214

27.4

246

28.1

 

 REGN-EB3

17

17.7

242

31.0

259

29.5

 

 Remdesivir

37

38.5

167

21.4

204

23.3

 

 ZMapp

10

10.4

103

13.2

113

12.9

 

Total

96

100.0

781

100.0

877

100.0

 

Vaccine status *

      

< 0.001

 Not received

79

43.2

391

53.9

470

51.7

 

 Received

11

6.0

150

20.7

161

17.7

 

 Unknown

93

50.8

185

25.5

278

30.6

 

Total

183

100.0

726

100.0

909

100.0

 

Patient status *

      

< 0.001

 Alive

98

34.6

462

59.2

560

52.6

 

 Deceased

185

65.4

319

40.8

504

47.4

 

Total

283

100.0

781

100.0

1100

100.0

 
  1. *: there was missing information; SD: standard deviation; **: occupations classified according to the exposure risk