Table 2.
Laboratory findings of the patients admitted with dengue and/or malarial infections
| Entire sample (n = 85) |
Dengue (D) (n = 48) |
Malaria (M) (n = 18) |
p-value (D vs. M) |
Multiple infections (Mul) (n = 19) |
p-value (D vs. M vs. Mul) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labs on admission, median (IQR) | ||||||
| Hemoglobin (g/dl) | 10.6 (9.6–11.8) | 10.7 (10.2–11.9) | 9.9 (9.3–10.9) | 0.11 | 10.80 (9.8–11.7) | 0.38 |
| Hematocrit (%) | 32.7 (29.1–35.3) | 33.2 (30.8–35.8) | 32.3 (27.0–32.7) | 0.05 | 33.4 (29.7–35.3) | 0.28 |
| WBC (×109/l) | 6.3 (4.6–9.6) | 5.90 (4.40–7.95) | 6.00 (4.20–8.05) | 0.75 | 11.5 (6.3–17.1) | <0.01 |
| Platelets (×109/l) | 101 (53–157) | 114 (47–170) | 91 (68–134) | 0.23 | 89 (50–171) | 0.63 |
| Missing | 1 (1%) | 1 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | ||
| Dengue labs, n (%) | ||||||
| Any dengue test positive | 55 (65%) | 43 (90%) | – | – | 12 (63%) | – |
| Dengue Ag | ||||||
| Positive | 21 (24%) | 18 (38%) | – | – | 3 (16%) | – |
| Negative | 6 (7%) | 5 (10%) | – | – | 1 (5%) | – |
| Dengue Ab | ||||||
| Positive | 35 (41%) | 24 (50%) | – | – | 11 (58%) | – |
| Negative | 8 (9%) | 4 (8%) | – | – | 1 (5%) | – |
| Dengue PCR | ||||||
| Positive | 4 (5%) | 4 (8%) | – | – | – | – |
| Negative | 2 (2%) | 2 (4%) | – | – | – | – |
| Malaria labs, n (%) | ||||||
| Any malaria test positive | 25 (29%) | – | 17 (94%) | – | 8 (42%) | – |
| MP-ICT | ||||||
| Positive | 16 (19%) | – | 12 (67%) | – | 4 (21%) | – |
| Negative | 46 (54%) | – | – | – | 9 (47%) | – |
| Microscopy for malaria | ||||||
| Positive | 18 (21%) | – | 12 (67%) | – | 6 (32%) | – |
| Negative | 45 (53%) | – | 3 (17%) | – | 10 (53%) | – |
| Markers of liver function, median (IQR) | ||||||
| ALT (units/l) | 55 (28–162) | 63 (31–174) | 31 (13–53) | <0.01 | 70 (33–182) | 0.02 |
| Missing | 10 (12%) | 5 (10%) | 4 (22%) | 1 (5%) | ||
| Total bilirubin levels (µmol/l) | 0.8 (0.4–1.3) | 0.50 (0.3–0.9) | 1.2 (0.9–2.9) | 0.11 | 0.9 (0.5–2.6) | 0.87 |
| Missing | 32 (37%) | 21 (44%) | 7 (39%) | 4 (21%) | ||
WBC White blood cell count, Ag antigen, Ab Antibody, PCR polymerase chain reaction, MP-ICT Malaria P. falciparum/ P. vivax immunochromatographic test, ALT alanine aminotrasferase