Table 1.

Quantification of pancreatic histopathology in P. falciparum malaria patients compared to the control group.

Histopathological criteria	Grading score (mean ± SEM)				P
	Control	Malaria patients
		BS < 40 mg/dl	BS = 40–120 mg/dl	BS > 120 mg/dl
PRBCs	NA	0.67 ± 0.25	0.82 ± 0.34	1.55 ± 0.37	0.224a
Oedema	0.44 ± 0.16	1.58 ± 0.23	1.49 ± 0.31	0.82 ± 0.14	0.002b
Haemorrhage	0.48 ± 0.23	0.73 ± 0.25	0.98 ± 0.23	1.06 ± 0.22	0.196
Inflammation	0.00 ± 0.00	0.55 ± 0.28	0.71 ± 0.27	0.70 ± 0.18	0.011b
Acinar necrosis	0.15 ± 0.05	1.91 ± 0.29	0.95 ± 0.22	1.06 ± 0.24	0.000b
Fat necrosis	1.46 ± 0.38	2.20 ± 0.28	1.32 ± 0.33	1.39 ± 0.27	0.067
Fibrosis	0.51 ± 0.16	0.31 ± 0.11	0.33 ± 0.15	1.13 ± 0.23	0.078

^aCompared between malaria patients.

^bSignificant difference between malaria patients and control group.