Table 2 |
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Malaria episode details and symptoms in Karen and Burmese pregnant women according to species |
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| Plasmodium falciparum |
Plasmodium vivax |
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| Geometric mean [range] parasitaemia/μL |
2,288 [6–569,634] |
273 [1–82,934] |
| Median episode number |
1 [1–9] |
1 [1–10] |
| Median EGA, weeks |
22.4 [4–42] |
24.3 [5–40.6] |
| Proportion with splenomegaly |
10.5 (66/628) |
2.0 (8/399) |
| Median [range] spleen size, cm |
3 [1–13] |
3 [1–4] |
| Proportion with hepatomegaly |
15.7 (99/630) |
5.8 (23/399) |
| Median [range] liver, cm |
3 [1–9] |
2 [1–5] |
| Proportion of asymptomatic episodes |
18.9 (131/694) |
30.4 (159/523) |
| Proportion febrile (admission) |
27.6 (180/652) |
10.8 (52/482) |
| Proportion women with a history of fever |
58.6 (407/694) |
28.5 (149/523) |
| Median days of fever |
2 [1–30] |
2 [1–9] |
| Proportion headache |
58.0 (393/678) |
45.7 (233/510) |
| Proportion dizziness |
34.9 (237/679) |
34.9 (178/510) |
| Proportion joint pain |
38.1 (259/679) |
34.7 (177/510) |
| Proportion anorexia |
35.8 (243/678) |
23.7 (121/510) |
| Proportion nausea |
26.7 (181/679) |
22.5 (115/510) |
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Please note that headache, dizziness, joint pain, anorexia and nausea symptoms were not recorded for 16 and 13 episodes of falciparum and vivax, respectively. |
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Tan et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:209 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-209 |
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