Table 1. Clinical data of anemic and non-anemic patients on admission.
| Total study population (n = 91) | Group MM (n = 52) | Group SMA (n = 39) | p-value | |
| Hb (g/dl) | 8.0 (4.9–10.0) | 10 (8.7–10.5) | 4.9 (4.4–5.3) | -a |
| Hct (%) | 23.9 (14.9–29.0) | 28.1 (25.9–30.6) | 14.3 (12.3–16.0) | -a |
| RBCs (106 cells/µl) | 3.27 (2.19–3.90) | 3.87 (3.50–4.30) | 1.93 (1.60–2.30) | -a |
| Parasitemia (per µl) | 20,200 (6,960–76,000) | 23,800 (8,880–69,000) | 12,000 (5,880–101,600) | 0.81b |
| Reticulocytes (%) | 2.4 (1.4–5.2) | 1.8 (1.3–2.5) | 5.3 (2.3–10.6) | <0.0001b |
| MCV (fl) | 72.6 (68.6–76.8) | 71.8 (67.9–76.0) | 74.0 (69.3–78.1) | 0.15b |
| Age (months) | 32 (22–50) | 36 (23–53) | 27 (20–43) | 0.13b |
| Weight (kg) | 13.0 (10.8–15.0) | 13.5 (11.0–15.0) | 11.4 (9.8–14.0) | 0.04b |
| Height (cm) | 89 (81–100) | 90 (83–104) | 87 (76–96) | 0.12b |
| # Sex (male/female) | 45/46 | 26/26 | 19/20 | 1c |
| # Sickle cell trait | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0.46c |
| # Blood transfusion | 17 | 0 | 17 | <0.0001c |
MM: mild malaria, SMA: severe malarial anemia, Hb: hemoglobin, Hct: hematocrit, RBCs: red blood cells, MCV: mean corpuscular volume, results are in median (interquartile ranges) and count data (#).
a
parameter used for group definition - no p-value calculated, bKruskal-Wallis rank sum test, cχ2-test.