Anti-erythrocyte antibodies may contribute to anaemia in Plasmodium vivax malaria by decreasing red blood cell deformability and increasing erythrophagocytosis

Table 1 Description of the study population

Characteristic	P. vivax anemic (n = 11)	P. vivax non-anemic (n = 119)	p value
Age (years)	32 [19–52]	39 [27–50]	0.6846
Number of malaria previous episodes	2 [1–5]	0 [0–5]	0.2589
Parasitemia (parasites/µL)	1872 [1030–5669]	5061 [1050–8364]	0.3559
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	10.25 [9.15–10.68]	13.34 [12.50–14.50]	<0.0001
Hematocrit (%)	31.45 [30.78–33.33]	40.0 [37.28–44.08]	<0.0001
Leucocytes (cells/mm³)	5950 [4525–7475]	5400 [4400–6800]	0.5317
Platelets (cells/mm³)	92,500 [52,750–133,750]	106,000 [78,000–150,000]	0.2979

The values are shown as median and interquartile ranges. p values were calculated using Mann–Whitney tests

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