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Table 1 Demographic and clinical parameters of participants from Sabah, Malaysia

From: Loss of complement regulatory proteins on red blood cells in mild malarial anaemia and in Plasmodium falciparum induced blood-stage infection

 

P. falciparum

P. vivax

Uninfected

Mild anaemia

Non-anaemia

Mild anaemia

Non-anaemia

Sample size (male/female)

n = 4 (1/3)

n = 6 (5/1)

n = 3 (3/0)

n = 7 (5/2)

n = 4 (3/1)

Haemoglobin g/dL (IQR)

11.7 (10.0–12.3)

14.0 (13.2–14.2)

10.9 (10.3–11.8)

14.1 (12.5–15.0)

16.6 (16.3–17.5)

Age (year)

37 (26–48)

40 (30–54)

25 (21–36)

32 (19–46)

34 (30–34)

Parasite count (iRBC/µL)

740 (220–2100)*

19,700 (6800–33,600)*

3400 (430–15,000)

6100 (370–10,300

N/A

  1. Parasite count was determined using blood smear microscopy. Median and interquartile ranges are indicated. Parasitaemia and age were compared between mildly anaemic and non-anaemic P. falciparum and P. vivax patients using Mann–Whitney nonparametric test
  2. * p < 0.05
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Malaria Journal

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