Table 2.

Lab. finding of the two studied groups.

Variable	Uninfected group (n = 52)	Infected group (n = 52)	t	p
RBCs
Mean ± SD	4.75 ± 0.77	4.13 ± 0.95	2.57	0.01∗
Range	3.2–6	2.3–5.8
Hb
Mean ± SD	15.69 ± 2.68	14.23 ± 2.86	1.91	0.06
Range	11.5–20.8	8.3–20.7		NS
HV
Mean ± SD	45.11 ± 8.8	40.33 ± 6.51	2.23	0.03
Range	32.7–64.3	24.8–55
Platelets
Mean ± SD	250.08 ± 67.93	181.5 ± 74.37	3.47	0.001∗∗
Range	118–388	96–370
WBCs
Mean ± SD	16.83 ± 4.88	12.35 ± 7.52	2.55	0.01∗
Range	8.6–27	4.3–31
Neutrophil
Mean ± SD	7.17 ± 2.63	5.2 ± 4.18	2.09	0.04∗
Range	3.7–15.2	0.8–24.8
Lymphocyte
Mean ± SD	7.51 ± 4.31	5.88 ± 3.08	1.58	0.12
Range	0.5–18.8	1.7–15		NS
Monocyte
Mean ± SD	1.49 ± 0.68	1.35 ± 0.95	0.62	0.54
Range	0.34–3.6	0.06–3.8		NS
Basophil
Mean ± SD	0.21 ± 0.21	0.14 ± 0.17	1.35	0.19
Range	0.01–0.8	0.01–0.8		NS
Eosinophil
Mean ± SD	0.49 ± 0.30	0.31 ± 0.62	1.33	0.19
Range	0.06–1.2	0.03–2.8		NS
CRP (mg/L)
Mean ± SD	4.11 ± 2.14	15.23 ± 7.77	7.03	0.000∗∗
Range	0.5–8	3.5–28
PSP (ng/mL)
Mean ± SD	14.48 ± 3.23	28.89 ± 17.72	MW	0.000∗∗
Median	14.2	20.35	4.08
Range	5.60–21.33	12.92–64.54

t: independent Student's t-test. MW: Mann-Whitney test.

∗ means p is significant (p < 0.05 was significant).

∗∗ means p is highly significant (p < 0.01 was highly significant).