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Table 2 Summary table of demographic, clinical and laboratory parameters in subjects with P. falciparum and non-P. falciparum malaria

From: Clinical and laboratory features associated with serum phosphate concentrations in malaria and other febrile illnesses

 

P. falciparum (n = 404)

Non-P. falciparum (n = 138)

P

Sex

M: 274 (68%), F: 130 (32%)

M: 79 (57%), F: 59 (43%)

0.024

Ethnicity

AS: 79 (20%), AF: 257 (64%), C: 68 (17%)

AS: 112 (81%), AF: 16 (12%), C: 10 (7%)

< 0.001

Severe

60 (15%)

0 (0%)

< 0.001

 

Median [IQR]

Median [IQR]

 

Age

35 [27–46]

36 [25–50]

0.988

Temperature (°C)

38.0 [37.2–39.0]

38.0 [37.2–39.0]

0.489

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

13.1 [11.7–14.5]a

12.4 [10.9–13.8]

0.001

WBC (× 109/L)3

5.3 [4.3–6.5]

5.8 [4.9–7.0]

0.006

Platelet (× 109/L)

101 [65–152]a

103 [74–154]b

0.305

Corrected calcium (mmol/L)

2.23 [2.16–2.29]a

2.24 [2.16–2.30]c

0.375

Phosphate (mmol/L)

0.87 [0.60–1.12]

0.93 [0.52–1.14]

0.851

Sodium (mmol/L)

136 [134–139]

137 [135–140]

0.063

Potassium (mmol/L)

3.9 [3.6–4.2]

3.9 [3.7–4.1]

0.889

Creatinine (μmol/L)

98 [84–112]

90 [70–104]

< 0.001

  1. M male, F female, AS Asian, AF African, C Caucasian, WBC White blood cell count
  2. an = 403; bn = 137; cn = 136. P for two-sided Chi squared tests for categorical variables and for Mann–Whitney test for continuous variables