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Table 4 Complete blood count parameters in patients with P. vivax and P. falciparum

From: Plasmodium in the bone marrow: case series from a hospital in Pakistan, 2007–2015

Haematological parameters

Plasmodium vivax

Plasmodium falciparum

P-value

Hb (g/dl)

9.77 (± 1.44)

7.73 (± 1.72)

0.003

Haematocrit

30.17 (± 4.73)

23.17 (± 4.81)

0.001

Platelet Count

74.45 (± 74.82)

81.5 (± 67.49)

0.801

WBC

5.9 (± 2.84)

5.18 (± 3.22)

0.549

ANC

3 (± 2.19)

2.05 (± 0.75)

0.18

MCV

80.9 (± 4.8)

85.3 (± 10.6)

0.206

MCH

26.26 (± 2.11)

28.29 (± 3.23)

0.049