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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants with severe malarial anaemia and lactic acidosis at Mulago hospital; n = 74

From: The effect of blood storage age on treatment of lactic acidosis by transfusion in children with severe malarial anaemia: a pilot, randomized, controlled trial

 

Treatment arm; n (%)

  

Variable

Short storage

Long storage

Total

P-value

Sex = Female, n (%)

22 (59.5%)

14 (37.8%)

N/A

0.063

Age (months), mean (SD)

27.6 (16.6)

23.1(15.2)

N/A

0.225

Weight (Kg), mean (SD)

10.3 (3.3)

10.3 (2.8)

N/A

0.931

Height (cm), mean (SD)

82.4 (13.3)

81.6 (12.7)

N/A

0.798

Caretaker Mother, n (%)

28 (75.7%)

25 (67.6%)

53

0.439

  Father, n (%)

2 (5.4%)

9 (24.3%)

11

0.022

  Others, n (%)

7 (18.9%)

3 (8.1%)

10

0.174

Co-infections, n (%)

7 (18.9%)

7 (18.9%)

14

1.000

Parasitaemia score at ACU

37 (100%)

37 (100%)

74

 

1+

7 (18.9%)

6 (16.2%)

13 (17.6%)

0.760

2+

11 (29.7%)

18 (48.6%)

29 (39.2%)

0.096

3+

12 (32.4%)

8 (21.6%)

20 (27%)

0.295

4+

7 (18.9%)

5 (13.5%)

12 (16.2%)

0.528

ABO blood group of child

37(100%)

37(100%)

74

 

O

19(51.4%)

13(35.1%)

32(43.2%)

0.159

A

7(18.9%)

13(35.1%)

20(27%)

0.116

B

8(21.6%)

9(24.3%)

17(23%)

0.782

AB

3(8.1%)

2(5.4%)

5(6.8%)

0.643

Quantitative parasite count

Median (IQR)

  

Median parasite count /μL

19,760 (9,680 – 78,120)*

18,440 (3,200 – 57,600)*

 

0.106

  1. *Data is not normally distributed.