Table 8 Admission laboratory variables for those who died and survived

Admission parasitaemia μL^b,c

953

72,694 (64,402–82,054)

883

68,850 (60,837-77,917)

70

144,012 (86,460-239,876)

0.002

Rings%

874

97 (1–100)

811

98 (1–100)

63

48 (1–100)

<0.001

Trophozoites%

874

3 (0–99)

811

2 (0–99)

63

52 (0–99)

<0.001

Schizonts%

876

0 (0–25)

813

0 (0–6)

63

0 (0–25)

<0.001

Pigmented stages > 10⁴/L

868

274/594 (32%)

805

227/578 (28%)

63

47/16 (75%)

<0.001

Trophozoites and schizonts %

874

4 (0–99)

811

2 (0–99)

63

52 (0–99)

<0.001

Modal Stage %

833

55 (19–99)

779

56 (23–99)

54

47 (19–94)

0.001

Haematocrit %

962

37 (6–56)

888

37 (6–56)

74

33 (12–50)

<0.001

Haemoglobin g/dL ^a

761

11.3 (11.1- 11.5)

704

11.4 (11.2- 11.6)

57

10.1 (9.5 -10.8)

<0.001

White cells x 10⁹/L

889

6.8 (1.5-67.0)

818

6.6 (1.5 - 67)

71

11.2 (2.4 - 63)

<0.001

Neutrophils%

863

75 (12–97)

796

75 (12–97)

67

72 (36–95)

0.101

Platelets 10⁹/L

527

74 (0.5-404)

491

75 (0.5 - 404)

36

50 (4–188)

0.001

Sodium mmol/L^{, d, S}

764

135.4 (93.8-155.0)

698

135.3 (100.4-155.0)

66

136.7 (93.8–153.0)

0.618

Potassium mmol/L^{, e, S}

761

3.81 (1.2-7.51)

696

3.80 (2.0 –7.51)

65

4.50 (1.2-7.1)

<0.001

Creatinine μmol/L ^{f, S}

880

105.6 (35.2 - 1056)

810

105.6 (35.2 - 1056)

70

240 (46.6 - 880)

<0.001

Urea mmol/L ^{g, S}

892

19.5 (3.5-226.5)

821

18.7 (3.5-138)

71

58.2 (10.7 - 227)

<0.001

Urea mmol/L:creatinine μmol/L ratio

879

0.070 (0.005-0.256)

809

0.065 (0.005-0.257)

70

0.078 (0.030-0.260)

<0.001

Total bilirubin μmol/L ^b,h

859

28.9 (26.8 - 31.0)

797

26.4 (24.6-28.4)

62

90.6 (69.6-118.1)

<0.001

Direct bilirubin μmol/L ⁱ

847

8.5 (0.3-488.6)

787

8.3 (0.3 - 489)

60

40.3 (1.4 - 389)

<0.001

Alkaline phosphatase IU/L ^b,j

844

43.2 (41.1-45.3)

781

42.1 (40.0-44.2)

63

60.7 (50.5-72.8)

<0.001

AST IU/L ^k

858

41.0 (0.4-1795)

796

40 (0.4 - 1795)

62

95 (22–1200)

0.001

ALT IU/L ^b,l

856

20.7 (19. 5–22.0)

794

19.7 (18.5-20.9)

62

41.3 (33.6-50.8)

<0.001

Albumin g/L ^a,m

862

33.7 (33.2-34.2)

798

33.9 (33.4-34.4)

64

30.6 (28.5-32.7)

0.001

Calcium (uncorrected) mmol/L ^a,n

397

2.06 (1.47-2.56)

369

2.06 (1.52-2.56)

28

2.06 (1.47-2.40)

0.385

Phosphate mmol/L ^b,o

291

0.82 (0.32-2.65)

272

0.81 (0.32-2.10)

19

1.23 (0.48-2.65)

<0.001

Serum bicarbonate mmol/L ^a,p

687

20.5 (20.2-20.8)

629

21.0 (20.7-21.3)

58

14.7 (13.1-16.3)

<0.001

Serum chloride mmol/L ^a,q

752

102.2 (101.7-102.7)

688

102.3 (101.9-102.7)

64

100.6 (98.0-103.2)

0.023

Plasma glucose mmol/L ^r

846

6.4 (0.7-37. 5)

778

6.4 (0.7 - 38)

68

6.8 (2.2-18.5)

0.139

Plasma lactate mmol/L ^s

805

2.7 (0.3-27.6)

741

2.5 (0.3 - 22)

64

8.5 (1.9 - 28)

<0.001