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Table 1 Characteristics of survival and nonsurvival groups

From: Characterization of severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria patients in an Angolan general ICU

 

Survival (n=35)

Non-survival (n=21)

p

Age, Mean ± SD

43.7 ± 12.5

42.0 ± 14.0

0.66

APACHE 11, Mean ± SD

12.1 ± 6.2

21.0 ± 9.4

<0.0001

SOFA on admission (total), Mean ± SD

6.5 ± 3.3

9.6 ± 3.5

0.0013

Non-Immune, n(%)

18(51.4)

10 (47.6)

0.79

Two or more WHO severity criteria, n(%)

1 (0.3)

11 (52.4)

<0.0001

Platelets (x103/mm3), Mean ± SD

85.8 ± 86.3

65.3 ± 57.3

0.35

Bilirubin (mg/dl), Mean ± SD

4.8 ± 4.7

6.9 ± 7.2

0.08

Creatinine (mg/dl), Mean ± SD

3.6 ± 3.1 5

3.9 ± 2.6

0.67

C-reactive protein (mg/l), Mean ± SD

118.0 ± 87.5

140.0 ± 103.0

0.45

Arterial lactates (mmol/l), Mean ± SD

3.4 ± 2.89

5.4 ± 4.6

0.019

Parasitemia (x103parasites/mm3), Mean ± SD

30.5 ± 28.8

27.8 ± 36.7

0.73