Table 4. Markers of intravascular hemolysis on admission.
| Total study population (n = 91) | Group MM (n = 52) | Group SMA (n = 39) | p-valuea | |
| Haptoglobin (mg/dl) | 0 (0–73.5) | 41 (0–110) | 0 (0–0) | <0.0001 |
| Hemopexin (mg/dl) | 8.7 (4.8–10.8) | 10.0 (8.8–11.3) | 4.2 (1.9–6.3) | <0.0001 |
| LDH (U/l) | 432 (325–582) | 350 (309–408) | 579 (454–858) | <0.0001 |
| α-HBDH (U/l) | 355(281–523) | 298 (250–348) | 522 (414–694) | <0.0001 |
MM: mild malaria, SMA: severe malarial anemia, LDH: lactate dehydrogenase, α-HBDH: alpha hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase, results are in median (interquartile ranges).
a
Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test.