Malaria Journal

Table 2 Correlation between variables in children with severe or uncomplicated malaria

From: Complement activation in Ghanaian children with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria

	Hb		Spleen		Coma		Log para
Variable	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
Age	0.379	0.002	-0.066	0.610	-0.142	0.265	-0.0618	0.630
Hb			-0.402	0.001	-0.201	0.114	-0.053	0.678
Spleen					0.270	0.032	-0.170	0.183
Coma							-0.208	0.102

Hb, haemoglobin. Spleen size, cm below left costal margin. Coma, score ≤ 3 on the Blantyre coma scale. Para, parasite (per μL). Patients analysed here are all the SM and UM cases (n = 125). Asymptomatic controls (AC) are not included.

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