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Table 1 Mean difference comparisons between observed haemoglobin and estimated haemoglobin (Haematocrit/3, expressed as "g of haemoglobin/dl")

From: Haemoglobin and haematocrit: the threefold conversion is also non valid for assessing anaemia in Plasmodium vivax malaria-endemic settings

 

Observed Haemoglobin (n = 120)

Estimated Haemoglobin (Haematocrit/3) (n = 120)

Mean

12.06

12.62

Standard deviation

1.71

1.87

Standard error

0.16

0.17

One-sample test

  

t

77.23

73.94

Mean difference

12.06

12.62

95% CI of the difference

11.75 to 12.37

12.28 to 12.95

P

<0.001

<0.001

Independent-sample test

  

t

-

-2.399

Mean difference

-

-0.555

95% CI of the difference

-

-1.017 to -9.9328E-02

P

-

0.017

Paired-sample test

  

t

-

-14.284

Mean difference

-

-0.555

95% CI of the difference

-

-0.6319 to -0.4781

P

-

<0.001