Table 1 |
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Clinical characteristics of the patients. |
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All patients n = 160 |
Uncomplicated malaria out-patients (UM), n = 53 |
Severe malaria survivors (SM-s) n = 80 |
Fatal malaria (SM-f),* n = 27 |
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Age (years) median (IQR) |
2.2 (1.2 - 4.4) |
4.4 (2.2 - 8) |
1.6 (1 - 3.1) |
1.9 (1.2-3.4) |
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Sex (female:male) |
79:81 |
24:29 |
37:43 |
18:9 |
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# of days ill prior to presentation median (IQR) |
3 (3-4) |
3 (2-4) |
3 (3-4) |
4 (2-6.5) |
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Haemoglobin (g/dL) median (IQR) |
6.3 (4.2-9.6) |
10.1 (9.4 - 11.3) |
4.4 (3.4 - 5.6) |
5.9 (4.6 - 8.5) |
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WBC/μL median (IQR) |
10,200 (6,800 - 14,300) |
7,500 (5,200 - 9,000) |
12,150 (9,375 - 16,000) |
13,000 (8,500 - 25,125) |
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Monocytes/μL median (IQR) |
66 (39 - 114) |
48 (33 - 63) |
94 (50 - 137) |
83 (51 - 125) |
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Parasitized red cells/μL median (IQR) |
39,600 (11,405-150,830) |
37,680 (18,140-115,000) |
37,010 (7,500-151,095) |
118,920 (24,000-271,350) |
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# with cerebral malaria |
39 |
0 |
24 |
15 |
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# with severe malaria anaemia |
54 |
0 |
47 |
7 |
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# with both cerebral malaria and severe malaria anaemia |
11 |
0 |
9 |
2 |
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Patients with cerebral malaria or severe malaria anaemia are a subset of those with fatal or severe disease. * Three patients with fatal malaria did not meet criteria for cerebral malaria or severe malarial anaemia. |
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Cserti-Gazdewich et al. Malaria Journal 2010 9:233 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-9-233 |
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