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Table 3 Blood cell parameters and suspect flags between control group and malaria groups in BC-6800 analyzer

From: Infected RBC flag/parameter provided by Mindray BC-6800 haematology analyzer aid the diagnosis of malaria

Parameters

Control group (n = 64)

Malaria group (n = 117)

p 1

p 2

P. vivax (n = 96)

P. falciparum (n = 21)

WBC [DIFF] count (× 109/L)

6.94 (2.75 to 22.65)

6.46 (2.13 to 21.0)

6.14 (2.55 to 12.44)

0.04

0.03

WBC [BASO] count (× 109/L)

6.90 (2.74 to 22.84)

5.42 (1.06 to 11.31)

5.70 (2.29 to 9.76)

0.02

0.03

WBC [DIFF]–WBC [BASO] (× 109/L)

0.04 (− 5.8 to 16.12)

1.75 (− 0.37 to 1.6)

0.5 (− 0.67 to 2.06)

0.01

0.01

RBC (1012/L)

4.93 (3.13 to 7.06)

4.66 (1.64 to 6.82)

4.54 (2.49 to 6.53)

0.72

0.68

HGB (g/L)

136.78 (97 to 208)

128.54 (52 to 209)

125.15 (62 to 165)

0.83

0.81

RDW-CV (%)

13.45 (11.8 to 17.3)

14.55(11.2 to 32.4)

14.55 (12 to 18.2)

0.66

0.66

RET (%)

0.98 (0.33 to 2.67)

1.53 (0.43 to 12.47)

2.01 (0.52 to 7.58)

0.01

0.01

IRF (%)

4.44 (0 to 17.5)

9.90 (0.9 to 24.2)

6.80 (0.9 to 25.1)

0.01

0.02

LFR (%)

95.56 (82.5 to 100)

90.10 (56.1 to 99.1)

93.21 (74.9 to 99.1)

0.04

0.06

MFR (%)

4.28 (0 to 13.4)

8.11 (0.9 to 24.2)

6.23 (0.9 to 19.3)

0.03

0.04

HFR (%)

0.16 (0 to 4.2)

1.79 (0 to 22.1)

0.57 (0 to 5.8)

0.01

0.02

Anaemia (%)

11 (17.18%)

27 (28.13%)

6 (28.57%)

0.03

0.03

PLT count (× 1010/L)

193 (62 to 355)

108 (8 to 289)

149 (53 to 323)

0.01

0.03

Malaria flag/parameters

 InR flag

0

85 (88.5%)

5 (23.80%)

0.01

0.01

 InR#

 InR‰

  1. P1, the P value compared P. vivax group to control group; P2, the P value compared P. falciparum group to control group; InR, parasite infected red blood cell; InR#, the number of infected red blood cell; InR‰, the permillage of infected red blood cell. RBC, red blood cell; HGB, haemoglobin; RDW, red blood cell volume distribution width; RET, reticulocyte; IRF, immature reticulocyte fraction; LFR, low fluorescence ratio; MFR, middle fluorescence ratio; HFR, high fluorescence ratio; PLT, platelet count; InR, parasite infected red blood cell; InR#, the number of infected red blood cell; InR‰, the permillage of infected red blood cell