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Table 3 Laboratory admission values of malaria patients at HC-UNICAMP during 1998-2011

From: Imported malaria in a non-endemic area: the experience of the university of Campinas hospital in the Brazilian Southeast

Variable

Infectious species

P value

P. falciparum

P. vivax

Platelets (150-450 × 103/ml)

N = 53

N = 93

0,974

83 [46,5-122]

81 [53–109,5]

Haemoglobin (13–17 mg/dl)

N = 55

N = 94

0,507

13,2 [12,2-14,5]

13,7 [12,6-14,6]

Haematocrit (42-52%)

N = 41

N = 75

0,806

40 [37-42]

40 [36-43]

Erythrocytes (4.5-6.1 × 106/ml)

N = 35

N = 75

0,687

4,43 [4,06-4,76]

4,51 [4,11-5,01]

Leukocytes (4-10 × 103/ml)

N = 53

N = 91

0,219

5,4 [4,0-6,5]

5,4 [4,3-6,8]

AST (≤37 U/L)

N = 43

N = 61

0,029

40 [27-71]

32 [20,5-46]

ALT (≤40 U/L)

N = 42

N = 60

0,088

42,5 [24,8-97,2]

31,5 [19,5-61,8]

GGT (≤40 U/L)

N = 21

N = 23

0,204

61 [33-200]

58 [23-75]

Total Bilirubin (≤1.0 mg/dl)

N = 35

N = 48

0,210

1,60 [0,97-4,98]

1,18 [0,95-2,18]

PT (INR) (≤1.25)

N = 28

N = 36

0,015

1,24 [1,1,35]

1,15 [1,06-1,24]

PTT (R) (≤1.30)

N = 28

N = 36

0,401

1,20 [1,1,33]

1,14 [1,01-1,32]

LDH (240–479 U/L)

N = 11

N = 12

0,013

751 [661-838]

464 [397-552]

Creatinine (0.7-1.3 mg/dl)

N = 45

N = 64

0,647

1,07 [0,78-1,22]

0,98 [0,88-1,15]

  1. N refers to the absolute number of patients with the respective laboratory test information available.
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