|
FBC-Parameter
|
no malaria (n = 216)
|
malaria (n = 152)
|
p-value
|
|---|
| |
mean
|
10
th
/90
th
percentile
|
mean
|
10
th
/90
th
percentile
| |
|---|
|
total WBC
|
9.5
|
9.2/10.0
|
8.7
|
4.3/13.9
|
p < 0.05
|
|
neutrophils
|
2.7
|
1.1/4.7
|
3.8
|
1.7/6.6
|
p < 0.001
|
|
lymphocytes
|
5.5
|
3.3/8.0
|
3.0
|
1/6.9
|
p < 0.001
|
|
monocytes
|
0.8
|
0.2/1.4
|
1.3
|
0.3/2.6
|
p < 0.05
|
|
eosinophils
|
0.4
|
0.1/0.9
|
0.4
|
0/0.7
|
p = 0.63
|
|
platelets
|
428
|
286/594
|
137
|
54/243
|
p < 0.001
|
|
haemoglobin
|
9.8
|
8.5/11.0
|
7.8
|
5.2/10.5
|
p < 0.001
|
- Values in thousand/μL, except haemoglobin in g/dL. Children with malaria were significantly older (mean: 3.7 years) that the ones without malaria (mean: 0.6 years) and the reference values for leukocytes and Hb are inherently different between the two age-groups (see discussion).
