Table 2.

Clinical and laboratory profiles of visceral leishmaniasis patients at Kahsay Abera Hospital, Humera, Ethiopia, 2010-2013 (n=595)

Characteristics	Frequency	%
Time elapsed before diagnosis (d)
<13	107	18.0
14-28	347	58.3
≥29	141	23.7
General condition of patients
Able to walk	357	60.0
Unable to walk	238	40.0
Fever
No	28	4.7
Yes	567	95.3
Weight loss
No	64	10.8
Yes	531	89.2
Jaundice
No	537	90.3
Yes	58	9.7
Splenomegaly
No	98	16.5
Yes	497	83.5
Anemia
No	173	29.1
Yes	422	70.9
Hemoglobin (g/dL)
<7.9	279	46.9
8.0-10.9	102	17.1
≥11.0	214	36.0
Platelet count (cells/mm3)
<85,000	265	44.5
≥85,000	330	55.5
BMI (kg/m2)
<18.5	511	85.9
≥18.5	84	14.1
Tuberculosis
No	534	89.7
Yes	61	10.3
Malaria
No	469	78.8
Yes	126	21.2
HIV status
No	546	91.2
Yes	49	8.2

BMI, body mass index; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus.