Mean age in years ± SD | 3.27 ± 2.51 | 2.50 ± 1.88 | 0.106 | 2.97 ± 2.61) | 3.20 ± 2.55 | 3 ± 2.64 | 0.843 |
Parasitaemia geometric mean | 4094 (191–151,010) | 1000 | – | 15,486 (158–280,827) | 520 (315–862) | 73,538 | – |
Mean haemoglobin level ±SD (g/dl) | 11.26 ± 1.83 | 10.83 ± 0.94 | 0.118 | 11.91 ± 7.01 | 11.06 ± 1.37 | 10.56 ± 1.25 | 0.547 |
Haemoglobin status | |||||||
HbAA n (%) | 78 (88.6) | 23 (95.8) | 0.296 | 63 (87.5) | 20 (80) | 3 (100) | 0.507 |
HbAS n (%) | 10 (11.4) | 1 (4.2) | 9 (12.5) | 5 (20) | 0 (0) | ||
Mean haematocrit ± SD (%) | 32.48 ± 5.44 | 30.79 ± 2.94 | 0.047 | 34.36 ± 21.43 | 31.54 ± 4.17 | 29.76 ± 4.40 | 0.466 |
Mean red blood cell count ± SD (1012/L0) | 5.13 ± 0.80 | 4.67 ± 0.50 | 0.001 | 5.35 ± 3.24 | 4.8 ± 0.70 | 4. 62 ± 0.07 | 0.334 |
Mean White blood cell count ± SD (109/L) | 12.27 ± 5.4 | 13.29 ± 6.48 | 0.485 | 12.9 ± 8.63 | 11.85 ± 4.67 | 7.39 ± 2.19 | 0.247 |
Mean platelet count ± SD (109/L) | 283.27 (149.26) | 194.58 ± 141.13 | 0.01 | 286.48 ± 166.07 | 297.08 ± 146.71 | 369.33 ± 311.18 | 0.896 |