Table 1. Clinical and laboratory characteristics in Malawian children with acute P falciparum malaria.
| malaria |
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|---|---|---|---|
| uncomplicated | severe anaemia | cerebral malaria | |
| Characteristic | n=12 | n=15 | n=22 |
| age, median (IQR), months | 55.5 (29-82.5) | 45 (30-82) | 36.5 (18-63) |
| Blantyre coma score, median (range) | 5 | 5 | 1 (0-3) |
| parasitaemia, geometric mean (95% CI), parasites/μL | 23,617 (8,910-62,560) | 99,550 (63,400-156,300) | 68,700 (27,750-171,300) |
| platelet count, median (IQR), x103 cells/μL | 67 (37.5-232.5) | 97.2 (72-124) (a) | 58 (21-145.5) (a) |
| Spearman’s correlation test between platelet count and parasitaemia (p value) | 0.3916 (p>0.05) | 0.1055 (p>0.05) | -0.675 (p<0.001) |
(a)
Thrombocytopenic groups: a patient was considered thrombocytopenic when his/her platelet count was below 150 ×103 cells/μL.