Table 1.
Demographic, clinical and biochemical characteristics of malaria cases on hospital admission and healthy controls
| Malaria cases | Uncomplicated cases | Complicated cases | Healthy controls | P-value* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 28 | n = 21 | n = 7 | n = 26 | ||
| Age (± SD) | 44.0 (± 11,8) | 42.1 (± 10.2) | 49.3 (± 15.3) | 31.2 (± 15,4) | 0.001 |
| Male sex (%) | 17/28 (61) | 13/21 (62) | 4/7 (57) | 10/26 (38) | 0.1 |
| Temperature, °C (± SD) | 37.9 (± 1.0) | 38.1 (± 1.0) | 37.7 (± 1.1) | 36.5 (± 0.4) | < 0.001 |
| Respiratory rate,/min (± SD) | 17 (± 4) | 16 (± 4) | 19 (± 5) | 17 (± 1) | 0.7 |
| Haemoglobin, g/l (± SD) | 12,8 (± 1.7) | 12.7 (± 1.8) | 13.0 (± 1.6) | 13,6 (± 1.1) | 0.07 |
| Thrombocytes, bn/l (± SD) | 64,8 (± 39,6) | 73,4 (± 38,7) | 40,4 (± 33,2) | 252,3 (± 102,9) | < 0.001 |
| LDH, U/l (± SD) | 334 (± 113) | 298 (± 97) | 425 (± 100) | 149 (± 23) | < 0.001 |
| Total bilirubin, mg/dl (± SD) | 2.7 (± 4.2) | 1.3 (± 0.4) | 5.9 (± 7.1) | 0.6 (± 0.4) | 0.02 |
| Creatinine, mg/dl (± SD) | 1.1 (± 0.5) | 1,04 (± 0.4) | 1.4 (± 0.6) | 0.8 (± 0.1) | 0.003 |
*comparison between malaria cases (all) and healthy controls (by Mann-Whitney U-test)