TABLE 3.
Clinical and parasitological details of subjects
| Parameter | Value for indicated groupa
|
Significant relationship(s) between groups (P)b | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AM (n = 12) | UM (n = 52) | SM (n = 42) | ||
| Mean age (mo) | 46 (38, 54) | 30 (26, 34) | 28 (24, 32) | AM > UM/SM (<0.001)* |
| Sex (no. of males/no. of females) | 6/6 | 22/30 | 18/24 | |
| Mean parasitemia (parasites/200 leukocytes) | 336 (144, 527) | 867 (1,067, 2,206) | 2,105 (1,883, 3,230) | AM < UM < SM (<0.001)* |
| Mean PCV (%) | 29.28 (25.60, 32.95) | 27.98 (26.32, 29.64) | 25.37 (23.34, 27.4) | AM > UM/SM (<0.001)* |
| Mean lactate (mmol/liter) | 3.82 (2.79, 4.84) | 2.67 (2.4, 2.9) | 2.9 (2.6, 2.3) | AM > UM (0.02)* |
| Mean glucose level (mmol/liter) (95% CI) | 4.97 (4.22, 5.71) | 5.1 (4.62, 5.58) | 5.24 (4.68, 5.81) | 0.491* |
| No. of days of illness | Not applicable | 2.6 (2.3, 2.9) | 2.8 (2.5, 3.1) | 0.526** |
| Mean MUAC (cm) | Not determined | 15.96 (15.02, 15.71) | 15.36 (15.56, 16.36) | 0.01** |
| No. of patients with prostration/total no. of patients | 0/12 | 40/42 | ||
| No. of patients with impaired consciousness, coma, or neurological alterations (Blantyre score of ≤3)/total no. of patients | 0/12 | 0/52 | 7/42 | |
a
Values in parentheses are 95% confidence intervals.
b
*, analysis of variance/Kruskal-Wallis test; **, t test.