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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and laboratory measures of the participants

From: Unravelling the patterns of host immune responses in Plasmodium vivax malaria and dengue co-infection

 

Malaria

Co-infection Mal/Deng

Dengue

P value

(n = 52)

(n = 30)

(n = 30)

All groups

Malaria vs. co-infection

Dengue vs. co-infection

Male-no. (%)

42 (80.77)

09 (30.00)

09 (30.00)

<0.0001a

<0.0001a

1.000a

Median (IQR) age (year)

36.00 (26.25–43.75)

31.11 (20.80–44.74)

42.50 (30.00–52.25)

0.0724b

0.4471b

0.0574b

Median (IQR) of parasitaemia (parasites/uL)

3,022 (985.2–9,313)

4,262 (1,595–12,199)

0.4912b

Dengue serotypes-no. (%)

 DENV1

 

3 (10.00)

1 (3.33)

0.2247a

 DENV2

 

18 (60.00)

21 (70.00)

 DENV3

 

1 (3.33)

4 (13.33)

 DENV4

 

8 (26.67)

4 (13.33)

Median of laboratory measures (IQR)

 Haemoglobin (g/dL)

13.20 (12.50–14.20)

12.95 (11.90–14.45)

15.00 (13.40–15.95)

0.0047b

0.4819b

0.0038b

 Haematocrit (%)

43.35 (40.43–45.98)

42.05 (37.80–45.98)

43.90 (40.65–46.90)

0.5803b

0.3732b

0.3817b

 Platelets (by mm3)

102,000 (65,000–131,500)

87,500 (59,000–114,250)

186,500 (124,000–229,750)

0.0001b

0.1079b

<0.0001b

 AST (IU/L)

67.50 (50.00–91.00)

47.00 (31.50–72.50)

47.00 (28.00–147.00)

0.0186b

0.0048b

0.9315b

 ALT (IU/L)

33.00 (20.00–49.75)

69.00 (46.00–95.50)

67.00 (29.50–119.00)

<0.0001b

 < 0.0001b

0.9043b

  1. IQR interquantile range.
  2. aCategorized variables were compared using Chi square test or Fisher exact test.
  3. bContinuous variables were compared using Mann–Whitney for two groups or Kruskal–Wallis test with Dunn’s multiple comparison test for three groups or more.