Table 2.
Epidemiological and hematological data in the studied groups.
| Infection groups | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malaria | Coinfected | Intestinal parasitesa | Uninfectedb | |
|
N = 16 n (%) |
N = 48 n (%) |
N = 98 n (%) |
N = 102 n (%) |
|
| Gender n (%) | ||||
| M | 11 (69) | 34 (71) | 49 (50) | 48 (47) |
| F | 5 (31) | 14 (29) | 49 (50) | 54 (53) |
| Age | 24 (21–33) | 31 (22–41) | 30 (14–43) | 29 (14–38) |
| TR | 22 (16–27) | 23 (18–32) | 23 (14–34) | 24 (13–31) |
| TRO | 21 (10–24) | 22 (15–27) | 18 (11–30) | 24 (13–30) |
| LME | 6 (0–66) | 3 (0–16) | 24 (6–60) | 10 (1–36) |
| PME | 5 (2–8)a***b* | 4 (1–10)a* | 4 (2–60)b* | 5 (2–14) |
| Hematological | ||||
| Lymphocytes (mm3) | 1316 (863–1982)b*** | 1170 (789–1826)a***b*** | 2178 (1813–2725) | 2068 (1697–2467) |
| Platelets (mm3) | 166 (148–204)a*b*** | 152 (106–197)a***b*** | 214 (173–245)b* | 233 (193–286) |
| Band cells (mm3) | 34 (0–141)a***b*** | 26 (0–143)a***b*** | 0 (0-0) | 0 (0-0) |
| Eosinophils (mm3) | 73 (36.75–138.75)a* | 104 (42.5–328.5)a* | 328 (185–720)b* | 245 (146.75–484.00) |
| Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 12.7 (12–14)b* | 13.2 (12.2–14)b* | 13.8 (12.8–15) | 13.8 (13–14.7) |
| Parasitemia (parasites/μL) | 2740 (738–5591) | 1816 (641–5700) | — | — |
n (%): number of samples (percentage); TR: Years of residence in endemic area; TRO: Years of residence in Rondonia; LME: Months since last malaria episode and PME: number of past malaria episodes. The variables Age, TR, TRO, LME and PME, values are expressed as Median (25%–75%). Differences were calculated using a TukeyHSD from a permutation based ANOVA. Differences of parasitemia between Coinfected and Malaria group were calculated using a permutation t test. adifferences between indicated group and Intestinal parasites; bdifferences between indicated group and Uninfected. Statistical differences of epidemiological parameters were expressed as ***P < 0.0001, **P < 0.001, *P < 0.05.