IFN-gamma and TNF associated with severe falciparum malaria infection in Saudi pregnant women

Malaria Journal

Table 1 Description the median and range of parasitological, cytokine (TNF, IFN-γ), age and Hb among the study group

Diagnosis	Trimester		Parasite	TNF	IFN-γ pg/ml	Age	Hb gm/dl
Diagnosis	Trimester		Parasite	pg/ml	IFN-γ pg/ml	Age	Hb gm/dl
MFC n = 60	First trimester n = 13	Median		1.76	2.83	21	14
	First trimester n = 13	Range		1.44- 2.17	2.01- 2.85	18-26	10- 16
	Second trimester n = 13	Median		1.87	2.83	22	13
	Second trimester n = 13	Range		1.36- 2.08	2.73- 3.26	18-26	10- 16
	Third trimester n = 34	Median		1.81	2.84	23	14
	Third trimester n = 34	Range		1.38- 2.21	2.01- 2.98	18- 26	10- 16
P value^Ψ within the subgroups				0.370	0.283	0.129	0.451
UM n = 62	First trimester n = 43	Median	1300	5.65	4.37	23	13
	First trimester n = 43	Range	250- 2000	5.14- 6.10	2.64- 5.38	18-26	12-14
	Second trimester n = 12	Median	1150	5.60	4.72	22	13
	Second trimester n = 12	Range	510- 2000	5.30- 6.03	2.70- 5.37	18-26	12- 14
	Third trimester n = 7	Median	600	5.66	4.63	21	13
	Third trimester n = 7	Range	320- 650	5.58- 5.78	2.63- 5.36	18-26	12- 14
P value^Ψ within the subgroups			0.008	0.797	0.478	0.944	0.573
SM n = 64	First trimester n = 46	Median	2400	7.95	7.51	20	10
	First trimester n = 46	Range	2000- 2800	5.72- 43.64	5.40- 19.50	18-22	8- 13
	Second trimester n = 14	Median	2400	8.35	7.57	20	9.5
	Second trimester n = 14	Range	2000- 2800	6.22- 21.28	5.52- 16.22	18-22	8- 12
	Third trimester n = 4	Median	1250	7.16	6.65	20	10
	Third trimester n = 4	Range	1000- 2000	6.39- 8.66	5.60- 7.66	19- 22	8.9- 12
P value^Ψ within the subgroups			0.383	0.635	0.565	0.771	0.754
Overall P value* between the groups			<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.001	0.001

^ΨP value was calculated between the groups using one way ANOVA test.
*P value was calculated between the groups using non-parametric test (Kruskal-Wallis).

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