Malaria in pregnancy: a passive surveillance study of pregnant women in low transmission areas of Colombia, Latin America

Table 2 Laboratory parameters in pregnant women with malaria

Laboratory parameters	P. falciparum (n = 24)	P. vivax (n = 10)	p value^b
	Median (IQR)^a	Median (IQR)
Haemoglobin (g/dL)	10.1 (9.1–11.0)	10.6 (9.2–11.5)	0.461
Platelets count (×10³/µL)	163 (132–242)	143 (124–197)	0.281
Leukocytes (×10³/µL)	5.6 (4.6–6.8)	6.2 (5.9–7.6)	0.073
Neutrophils (×10³/µL)	3.8 (2.9–4.7)	3.8 (3.6–4.6)	0.545
Lymphocytes (×10³/µL)	1.5 (1.1–2.0)	2.4 (1.4–3.1)	0.054
Total bilirubin (mg/dL)	0.6 (0.2–0.8)	0.6 (0.3–1.3)	0.493
ALT (U/L)	13.0 (10.0–20.0)	13.5 (10.5–17.0)	0.784
AST (U/L)	25.0 (16.0–33.0)	22.5 (17.5–27.5)	0.318
Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.7 (0.7–0.9)	0.7 (0.6–0.8)	0.290
BUN (mg/dL)	8.0 (6.0–11.0)	8.5 (7.0–12.0)	0.317

BUN blood urine nitrogen, ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase
^a IQR interquartile range
^bp value using the Mann–Whitney U test between P. falciparum and P. vivax

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