Table 2.
FBC profile of the 612 study participants regarding schistosomiasis status
| FBC parameters | Schistosoma status (median, [IQ]) |
p value (Wilcoxon test) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative | Positive | |||
| Erythrocytes (106/mm3) | 4.56 [4.29–4.83] | 4.54, [4.30–4.85] | 0.88 | |
| Haemoglobin (g/dl) | 11.7 [11.1–12.3] | 11.5, [10.7–12.1] | 0.001 | |
| Hematocrit (%) | 35.9 [34.2–35.8] | 35.4, [32.7–36.6] | 0.0005 | |
| MCV (µm3) | 79.0 [75.0–83.0] | 77.0, [73.0–81.0] | < 0.0001 | |
| MCH (pg) | 25.9 [24.4–27.5] | 25.1, [23.7–26.5] | < 0.0001 | |
| MCHC (g/dl) | 32.7 [32.0–33.2] | 32.5, [31.8–33.2] | 0.26 | |
| Thrombocytes (103/mm3) | 232 [170–287] | 254, [195–315] | 0.003 | |
| Leukocytes (103/mm3) | 6.50 [5.50–8.00] | 7.5, [6.30–9.10] | < 0.0001 | |
| Lymphocytes (103/mm3) | 3.24 [2.64–4.40] | 3.57, [3.11–4.40] | < 0.0001 | |
| Neutrophils (103/mm3) | 2.29 [1.79–3.09] | 2.49, [2.04–3.19] | 0.01 | |
| Eosinophils (103/mm3) | 0.30 [0.16–0.50] | 0.52, [0.33–0.90] | < 0.0001 | |
| Basophils (103/mm3) | 0.05 [0.04–0.07] | 0.07, [0.05–0.09] | < 0.0001 | |
| Monocytes (103/mm3) | 0.39 [0.03–0.61] | 0.43, [0.01–0.61] | 0.50 | |