Abstract

Dengue fever is one of the most common arboviral diseases transmitted to humans by the bites of infected female Aedes mosquitoes. Human infection can be caused by any of the four antigenically distinct serotypes DENV type 1, type 2, type 3, or type 4 dengue virus belongs to the Flaviviridae family and its severity depends on virus strain. Worldwide endemic in almost 100 countries, this infection has become recognized as the most significant and prevalent mosquito-borne infection in humans. The aim of our study used to understand the relation between nutritional status, its outcomes, and its severity to allow patients a faster recovery and maintenance of optimal health. Data was collected from Shifa International Hospital Islamabad, Pakistan by using specially designed questionnaires which consist of anthropometries, biochemical data, clinical signs and symptoms, and dietary information. Then the collected data was analyzed by using SPSS and Frequencies. 250 patients were selected with age of male 43.12.9 years and female 41.8± 2.5 years with weight of male 88.56.4 kg and female $2.8 ± 7.3 kg the frequency distribution of both male and female were based on admission status and admission category, smoking history and hospitalization history, the pre and past medical tests like diabetes and hypertension. The frequency distribution also held separately for both male and females on the basis of their complete blood count, liver profile test, electrolyte and renal profile. The frequency distribution was also based on scores for the assessment of their health state it was based on Apache score, sofa score and Nume score. Linear regression analysis applied to check the level of significance which proves that the mentioned variables in both the men and women are significant and it effects both men and women differently.