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Table 4 Laboratory findings in patients with malaria

From: Epidemiology and clinical features of imported malaria: a 14-year retrospective single-centre descriptive study in Prague, Czech Republic

Laboratory parameter

Severe P. falciparum malaria

Non-complicated P. falciparum malaria

Non-falciparum malaria

P value

Median

IQR

Median

IQR

Median

IQR

WBC (× 109/l)

6.0

4.7–7.9

5.0

3.9–6.4

4.9

3.7–6.3

0.011

ANC (× 109/l)

4.6

3.6–6.8

3.6

2.6–4.7

2.7

1.9–4.1

 < 0.001

ALC (× 109/l)

0.8

0.4–1.0

0.7

0.4–1.1

0.8

0.6–1.5

0.047

AMC (× 109/l)

0.4

0.2–0.6

0.4

0.3–0.7

0.6

0.4–0.9

0.002

Hb (g/l)

138

119–149

146

132–155

139

121–145

0.002

HCT (1/1)

0.389

0.329–0.426

0.418

0.385–0.448

0.391

0.361–0.419

 < 0.001

PLT (× 109/l)

32

17–70

98

60–145

95

68–131

 < 0.001

CRP (mg/l)

167.4

135.5–246.9

76.2

31.7–139.7

74.6

44.1–148.1

 < 0.001

Glycemia

6.4

5.2–7.5

6.0

5.3–6.9

5.7

5.1–6.2

0.167

Na (mmol/l)

133

129–136

135

133–138

137

135–139

 < 0.001

K (mmol/l)

3.9

3.6–4.3

3.8

3.6–4.0

3.9

3.7–4.2

0.239

Cl (mmol/l)

99

97–104

100

98–103

103

100–105

0.018

BUN (mmol/l)

8.9

5.4–13.4

5.6

4.1–6.5

4.7

3.6–6.0

 < 0.001

Cr (μmol/l)

111

90–161

99

82–112

90

82–106

0.005

Bilirubin (mmol/l)

51

33–106

23

17–35

23

17–29

 < 0.001

AST (μkat/l)

1.27

0.88–2.26

0.70

0.52–1.05

0.54

0.39–0.86

 < 0.001

ALT (μkat/l)

0.93

0.67–1.43

0.66

0.45–1.23

0.65

0.40–1.08

0.063

ALP (μkat/l)

1.41

1.12–1.74

1.24

0.97–1.60

1.20

1.04–1.66

0.231

GGT (μkat/l)

1.21

0.55–1.70

0.86

0.42–1.71

0.63

0.33–2.11

0.466

INR

1.18

1.13–1.35

1.13

1.05–1.22

1.11

1.06–1.23

0.042

APTT

1.29

1.13–1.38

1.10

1.00–1.23

1.22

1.06–1.32

0.002

  1. WBC white blood cell count, ANC absolute neutrophil count, ALC absolute lymphocyte count, AMC absolute monocyte count, Hb haemoglobin, HCT haematocrit, PLT platelet count, CRP C-reactive protein, BUN blood urea nitrogen, Cr creatinine, AST aspartate aminotransferase, ALT alanine aminotransferase, ALP alkaline phosphatase, GGT gamma-glutamyl transferase, INR international normalized ratio, APTT activated partial thromboplastin time ratio