Haematological parameters and their correlation with the degree of malaria parasitaemia among outpatients attending a polyclinic

Table 3 Correlation between parasitaemia, WBC and its differentials

	Parasite density	WBC	Neutrophils	Lymphocytes	Monocytes	Eosinophils	Basophils
Parasite density
Pearson Correlation	1	0.300^**	0.297^**	0.014	0.053	− 0.021	− 0.025
Sig. (2-tailed)		0.004	0.005	0.893	0.623	0.843	0.817
N	89	89	89	89	89	89	89
WBC
Pearson correlation	0.300^**	1	0.771^**	0.403^**	0.310^**	0.002	0.227^*
Sig. (2-tailed)	0.004		0.000	0.000	0.003	0.985	0.032
N	89	89	89	89	89	89	89
Neutrophils
Pearson Correlation	0.297^**	0.771^**	1	− 0.218^*	0.058	− 0.108	− 0.064
Sig. (2-tailed)	0.005	0.000		0.041	0.590	0.313	0.552
N	89	89	89	89	89	89	89
Lymphocytes
Pearson Correlation	0.014	0.403^**	− 0.218^*	1	0.187	0.097	0.249^*
Sig. (2-tailed)	0.893	0.000	0.041		0.079	0.367	0.019
N	89	89	89	89	89	89	89
Monocytes
Pearson Correlation	0.053	0.310^**	0.058	0.187	1	0.042	0.371^**
Sig. (2-tailed)	0.623	0.003	0.590	0.079		0.693	0.000
N	89	89	89	89	89	89	89
Eosinophils
Pearson Correlation	− 0.021	0.002	− 0.108	0.097	0.042	1	0.094
Sig. (2-tailed)	0.843	0.985	0.313	0.367	0.693		0.380
N	89	89	89	89	89	89	89
Basophils
Pearson Correlation	− 0.025	0.227^*	− 0.064	0.249^*	0.371^**	0.094	1
Sig. (2-tailed)	0.817	0.032	0.552	0.019	0.000	0.380
N	89	89	89	89	89	89	89

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