Table 2 FBC results for children with non-severe and severe malaria
FBC-Parameter | non-severe malaria (n = 104) | severe malaria (n = 48) | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
mean | 10 th /90 th percentile | mean | 10 th /90 th percentile | ||
total WBC | 8.1 | 4.2/13.0 | 10.0 | 4.8/18.2 | p < 0.05 |
neutrophils | 3.5 | 1.5/6.1 | 4.6 | 1.9/7.6 | p < 0.05 |
lymphocytes | 2.9 | 1.0/5.9 | 3.2 | 1.0/7.3 | p = 0.41 |
monocytes | 1.2 | 0.4/2.1 | 1.6 | 0.3/3.8 | p = 0.09 |
eosinophils | 0.3 | 0/0.5 | 0.3 | 0/0.9 | p = 0.89 |
platelets | 141 | 61/228 | 128 | 44/266 | p = 0.41 |
haemoglobin | 8.6 | 6.3/10.7 | 6.7 | 4.4/9.7 | p < 0.001 |