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Table 4 Laboratory values reported on admission in probable severe malaria patients (n= 393)

From: Severe malaria in Battambang Referral Hospital, an area of multidrug resistance in Western-Cambodia: a retrospective analysis of cases from 2006–2009

Laboratory test

Total evaluated

Mean (S.D)

Reference range

n

(%)

Range

Died

Survived

p-value*

Category

n

WBC (× 103cells/ml)

368

(94)

1.6-35.2

10.6 ± 7.3

8.0 ± 4.8

0.02

≤ 12

303

> 12

65

Hematocrit (%)

253

(64)

5.0-50

25.2 ± 10.4

24.0 ± 10.4

0.5

≤ 15

74

16 to 30

109

≥ 31

70

Hemoglobin (g/dl)

22

(6)

3.0-16.2

9.8 ± 2.6

9.1 ± 4.2

0.8

< 10

12

≥ 10

10

Platelets (× 103cells/ml)

191

(49)

10-450

183 ± 49.4

208 ± 47.4

0.04

≤ 100

2

101-149

11

≥ 150

178

Glucose (mg/dl)

129

(33)

50-459

102 ± 45.9

113 ± 73.4

0.4

41-60

10

61-80

51

81-126

38

> 126

30

SGOT (IU/L)

11

(3)

19-390

144 ± 154.5

123 ± 126

0.8

< 3 times ULN

6

≥ 3 times ULN

5

SGPT (IU/L)

11

(3)

20-430

66±45

110 ± 137

0.6

< 3 times ULN

7

       

≥ 3 times ULN

4

  

Total evaluated

    

Reference range

 

n

(%)

Range

# (%) Died

# (%) Survived

p-value**

Category

n

Parasitaemia

368

(94)

0 to +6

16 (15)

94 (85)

0.4

Negative

110

    

23 (16)

122 (84)

 

1-3+

145

    

12 (11)

101 (89)

 

≥ 4+

113

  1. p< 0.05, *t-test (2-sided) or **One-Way ANOVA.