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Table 3 Clinical characteristics of all children with severe malaria grouped by DCT results

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

Characteristics

DCT positive

DCT negative

P value

n (%)

33 (31.6%)

71 (68.2%)

-

Age, years

3.3 (2.5–4.0)

4.0 (3.4–4.6)

0.11b

Hb, g/dL

5.0 (4.3–5.6)

6.6 (6.1–7.1)

<0.001b

Parasite density, × 103/μL

125.6 (81.5–169.7)

139.7 (107.6–171.8)

0.33b

Mean spleen size, cm

2.1 (1.1–3.1)

1.2 (0.6–1.8)

0.09b

SA, n (%)

16 (48.5%)

30 (42.3%)

0.70a

CM, n (%)

7 (21.2%)

27 (38.0%)

0.15a

Haemoglobinuria, n (%)

10 (30.3%)

12 (16.9%)

0.19a

Mortality, n (%)

4 (12.1%)

15 (21.1%)

0.40a

  1. Data are mean (95% confidence interval) unless otherwise indicated. Patients include all patients in Figure 1. Thus, the same patient can appear in several categories.
  2. a = Calculated using X2 or Fischer's exact test
  3. b = Calculated using, student t-test