Table 4.

Haemoglobin and haematocrit vs children with or without disease type

Gender/Hb Ht	Well nourished	Undernutrition	Undernutrition + malaria	Undernutrition + HIV	Undernutrition + malaria + HIV
F
Hb	8.70 ± 2.12	7.58 ± 0.74	7.33 ± 0.59	6.87 ± 0.1	4.70 ± 0.96
Hct	24.37 ± 2.06	26.46 ± 1.72	22.35 ± 1.49	23.80 ± 1.81	22.47 ± 2.84
M
Hb	9.10 ± 1.21	7.35 ± 0.76	7.30 ± 0.60	7.29 ± 1.25	5.17 ± 1.9
Hct	23.85 ± 3.28	26.38 ± 1.97	21.82 ± 1.43	24.95 ± 1.71	22.68 ± 2.75
Total
HB	13.25 ± 1.66	7.46 ± 0.75	7.31 ± 0.59	7.08 ± 0.68	4.94 ± 1.43
Ht	24.11 ± 2.67	26.42 ± 1.84	22.09 ± 1,46	24.38 ± 1.76	22.58 ± 2.78

Hb, haemoglobin; Hct, haematocrit.