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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 2.
Published in final edited form as: ISRN Trop Med. 2013;2013:1–9. doi: 10.1155/2013/673798

Table 3.

Sensitivity, specificity, predictive value, and odds of the different hematological parameters.

Hematological parameter Nonparasitemic (n = 309) Parasitemic (n = 61) Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV LR P value
Hb < 10(g/dL) 12 1 16.0 96.1 7 83.1 0.342 0.703
RBC < 4(×1012/μL) 39 7 11.5 87.4 17.9 83.3 0.802 1
MCV < 80 77 15 24.6 75.1 16.3 83.4 0.975 177
RDW> 15 (%) 83 17 27.9 73.1 17 83.7 0.872 0.875
PLT < 150 (×103/μL) 75 26 42.6 75.7 25.7 86.9 0.005 0.005*
*

P value < 0.05 was significant at 95% confidence interval.

PPV: positive predictive Value; NPV: negative predictive value; LR: likelihood ratio; CI: confidence interval; RBC: red blood cell; MCV: mean corpuscular volume; RDW: red blood cell distribution width; PLT: platelet count.