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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics

From: Cerebrospinal fluid Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein-2 in pediatric cerebral malaria

Characteristic

Retinopathy-positive CM

(n = 94)

Age (months)

44 (29–62)

Male sex, n (%)

53 (56.4)

HIV infected, n (%)a

6 (7)

Glucose (mmol/L)

6.2 (4.6–7.3)

Haematocrit (%)b

20.5 (16.6–25.1)

White blood cell count (× 103 cells/µL)c

8.5 (6.4–14.4)

Platelet count (× 103 cells/µL)d

54 (31–80)

Lactate (mmol/L)e

7.0 (3.2–11.6)

Peripheral parasitaemia (× 103 parasites/µL)b

83.7 (24.5–284.5)

Brain volume score > 6, n (%)b

13 (14)

In-hospital death, n (%)

10 (11)

  1. Results presented are median (IQR) unless otherwise specified
  2. aHIV testing in 85 patients
  3. bn = 92
  4. cn = 87
  5. dn = 85
  6. en = 93