Figure 1.

Hematological parameters by group. (A) Absolute cell counts and (B) red blood cell indices. Samples were obtained at study enrollment (community children [CC]) or at the time of hospital admission (cerebral malaria [CM] and severe malarial anemia [SMA]). Box plots show median and interquartile ranges with outliers as points. Pairwise significance was determined by Kruskal-Wallis with post hoc Dunn’s test and Bonferroni’s adjustment for multiple comparisons. Significance indicated by *, P < .05, **, P < .01, and ***, P < .001; all other comparisons were not statistically significant. Abbreviations: MCV, mean corpuscular volume; RDW, red cell distribution width; WBCs, white blood cells.