Table 2 Associations between platelet indices and clinical signs of severity in the patients with Plasmodium vivax malaria

First infection

Yes

9.77 (0.98)

19.87 (4.61)

0.086 (0.046)

No

9.09 (0.94)

16.85 (2.89)

0.102 (0.053)

p

0.0003

0.0003

0.1165

Time of symptom onset

>3 days

9.32 (1.03)

17.93 (3.75)

0.091 (0.055)

≤3 days

9.12 (0.86)

16.77 (2.81)

0.104 (0.044)

p

0.166

0.065

0.045

Warning signs for severity

Present

9.62 (1.12)

18.98 (3.64)

0.079 (0.036)

Absent

9.21 (0.95)

17.35 (3.46)

0.105 (0.067)

p

0.042

0.036

0.084