Table 3.

Bone marrow morphological characteristics of Yemeni adults and children with visceral leishmaniasis.

Variable	All patients (no=47)	Children (no=19)	Adults (no=28)	p value
Hypercellular marrow	40 (85.1%)	16(84%)	24(85.7%)	0.643
Decreased iron stores	27 (57.4%)	8(47%)	19 (67.9%)	0.335
Increased iron stores	3 (6.4%)	1 (5.3%)	2 (7.1%)	0.785
Dyserythropoiesis	24 (51.1%)	11(57.9%)	13 (46.4)	0.369
Decreased sideroblasts	20 (42.6%)	8 (42%)	12 (42.8%)	0.785
BM eosinopenia	44 (93.6%)	19 (100%)	25 (89.3%)	0.214
BM lymphocytosis	22 (46.8%)	8 (42%)	14 (50%)	0.795
Plasmacytosis	8 (17%)	3 (15.8%)	5 (17.9%)	0.853
hemophagocytosis	2 (4.3%)	1 (5.3%)	1 (3.6%)	0.778