Table 1 Clinical and biological parameters of Patients characteristics

No. children

108

144

80

Age (years)

3.5 (1–5)

3.1 (1–6)

3.8 (2–6)

NS^b

NS^b

Sex [n (%)]

  Male

59 (54.6)

78 (54.2)

44 (55)

NS^a

NS^a

  Female

49 (45.4)

66 (45.8)

36 (45)

NS^a

NS^a

Hb (g/dL)

4.3 (3.7-4.7)

6.3 (5–8.02)

9.6 (8.4-10.9)

= .0001

≤ .0001

RBC (10⁹/μL)

1.77 (1.5-2)

2.73 (2.2-3.3)

3.9 (3.6-4.2)

= .0001

≤ .078

WBC (10⁶/μL)

12.1 (8.5-19.1)

11.4 (8.3-15.5)

12.4 (8–15.6)

NS^b

NS^b

Lymphocyte(10⁶/μL)

5.3 (2.9-8.1)

3 (1.8-4.8)

1.9 (1.5-3.3)

NS^b

≤ .0051

Monocytes (10⁶/μL)

0.6 (0.3-1.2)

0.5 (0.2-0.9)

0.7 (0.5-0.9)

NS^b

NS^b

Parasitaemia

41322(5060–989003)

52356(5676–1872368)

61000(7396–434024)

NS^b

NS^b

HCM (%)

3.3 (0–10)

10 (0–20)

0 (0–3.3)

= .032

≤ .039