TABLE 2.

Correlations between β-chemokines and hemoglobin and parasitemia^a

Variable	rb	Pd	rc	Pd
Age	0.105	0.62	−0.297	0.12
MIP-1α	0.148	0.60	0.033	0.90
MIP-1β	−0.316	0.27	0.230	0.39
RANTES	0.062	0.81	−0.309	0.20

^aPearson correlation coefficients were used (mild and severe malaria groups only).

^bHemoglobin.

^cParasitemia.

^dAll P values are two-tailed.