. 2020 Jun 5;2:27. Originally published 2019 Jul 29. [Version 2] doi: 10.12688/aasopenres.12979.2

Table 3. Levels of haematological parameters in infected vs uninfected study participants.

Variable	Malaria-infected	Uninfected	P-value
	Median (IQR)	Median (IQR)
Red blood cells (RBC) (×10 ⁶ /µL) ^a	4.16 (3.78 – 4.67)	4.42 (3.93 – 4.85)	0.0170
Haemoglobin (g/dL) ^a	11.10 (9.5 – 12.4)	11.60 (10.40 – 12.80)	0.0165
Haematocrit (%) ^a	39.30 (34.40 – 44.60)	42.80 (38.20 – 46.20)	0.0015
Mean corpuscular volume (MCV) (fL) ^a	94.20 (89.3 – 100.5)	97.80 (91.70 – 102.70)	0.00139
Mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH) (pg) ^a	26.60 (25.2 – 28.0)	26.80 (24.80 – 28.50)	0.5413
Red cell distribution width (RDW-SD) (fL) ^a	50.90 (47.40 – 57.10)	51.00(47.70 – 57.40)	0.7782
Red cell distribution width (RDW-CV) (%) ^a	14.30 (14.30 – 15.90)	13.80 (12.60 – 15.80)	0.1482
Platelet (×10 ³/µL) ^a	128.00 (72.0 – 186.0)	172 (119.0 – 229.0)	<0.0001
Plateletcrit (PCT) (%) ^a	0.15 (0.08 – 0.22)	0.20 (0.13 – 0.26)	<0.0001
Platelet distribution width (PDW) (fL) ^a	16.30 (14.30 – 19.60)	16.20 (13.60 – 19.05)	0.1544
Mean platelet volume (MPV) (fL) ^a	11.20 (10.20 – 12.30)	11.20 (10.10 – 12.20)	0.9878
Platelet large cell ratio (P-LCR) (%) ^a	35.70 (29.40 – 43.0)	35.50 (28.30 – 43.90)	0.7465
White blood cells (WBC) (×10 ³/µL) ^b	3.50 (2.20 – 5.35)	3.50 (2.40 – 4.80)	0.5078
Neutrophil (×10 ³/µL) ^a	1.00 (0.50 – 2.10)	1.00 (0.70 – 1.70)	0.9702
Lymphocyte (×10 ³/µL) ^a	1.80 (1.20 – 3.0)	2.20 (1.50 – 3.10)	0.8222

^aT-test; ^bMan-Whitney U; IQR=Interquartile range