Table 6.
Laboratory parameters of study participants at Days 0, 7 and 14
| Day 0 |
Day 7 |
Day 14 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pregnant women (n = 24) | non-pregnant women (n = 24) | P | pregnant women (n = 24) | non-pregnant women (n = 24) | P | pregnant women (n = 24) | non-pregnant women (n = 24) | P | |
| Haemoglobin (g/dL) | 9.0 (8.59–9.48) | 11.6 (11.02–12.15) | <0.001 | 8.8 (8.33–9.17) | 12.0 (11.46–12.62) | <0.001 | 9.2 (8.80–9.60) | 11.74 (11.30–12.17) | <0.001 |
| WBCs (cells/µL) | 6553 (5716–7390) | 5362 (4893–5831) | 0.013 | — | — | — | 6755 (6082–7428) | 6200 (5498–6900) | 0.07 |
| AST (IU/L) | 26.6 (17.68–35.54) | 29.3 (24.38–34.16) | 0.58 | — | — | — | 33.2 (24.06–42.36) | 26.5 (23.6–29.40) | 0.77 |
| ALT (IU/L) | 22.8 (17.25–28.37) | 24.3 (19.34–29.23) | 0.68 | — | — | — | 20.4 (13.31–27.58) | 21.35 (17.97–24.74) | 0.76 |
| Bilirubin (g/dL) | 0.6 (0.41–0.77) | 0.6 (0.40–0.71) | 0.77 | — | — | — | 0.5 (0.39–0.63) | 0.43 (0.32–0.54) | 0.35 |
| Platelets (cells/µL) | 219 25 (175 979–263 270) | 214 916 (183 521–246 312) | 0.86 | — | — | — | 286 304 (206 997–365 610) | 328 818 (291 747–365 888) | 0.005 |
Values are presented as mean (range).