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Published in final edited form as: Immunogenetics. 2010 Apr 13;62(6):345–356. doi: 10.1007/s00251-010-0439-y

Table 1.

Demographic, parasitological, and clinical characteristics of patients with P. falciparum malaria.

Characteristic	Uncomplicated malaria	Severe malaria	p
Number, n	252	103
Age, years	28.63 (0.63)	27.20 (1.13)	0.082^a
Gender, %F:%M	85:15	71:29	0.002^b
Parasitaemia, /µL	27,511 (2,586)	286,302 (26,485)	<0.001^a
Haemoglobin, g/dL	12.12 (0.14)	11.56 (0.25)	0.091^a
RBC, ×10⁶/µL	4.56(0.05)	4.28 (0.09)	0.007^a
WBC, ×10³/µL	5.28 (0.17)	7.43 (0.51)	<0.001^a
Lymphocyte, ×10³/µL	8.34 (0.43)	4.48 (0.48)	<0.001^a
Platelet, ×10³/µL	98.12 (3.93)	50.56 (3.92)	<0.001^a
Total bilirubin, mg/dL	1.33(0.06)	6.36 (0.83)	<0.001^a
Creatinine, mg/dL	0.89 (0.02)	1.35 (0.12)	0.029^a

Data are the means (SEM, standard error of mean) unless otherwise noted.

Statistical significance determined by pairwise comparisons with Student’s t-test.

Statistical significance determined by Chi-square analysis.

RBC, red blood cell; WBC, white blood cell.