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Table 1 Clinical and laboratory data of admission in 53 children with retinopathy positive CM and correlation with brain volume

From: Lipid metabolites of the phospholipase A2 pathway and inflammatory cytokines are associated with brain volume in paediatric cerebral malaria

Characteristic

Median (IQR)

P-value

Spearman’s r

Demographics

 Age (months)

52 (31.5–73)

0.88

−0.02

 Female sex, no (%)

28 (53)

 

NA

Clinical findings

 Temperature (°C)

38.5 (37.6–39.4)

0.70

0.05

 Blood pressure (mmHg)

93 (87–101)

0.14

−0.21

 Heart rate (beats/min)

148 (129.5–163)

0.58

0.08

 Respiratory rate (breaths/min)

42 (37–52)

0.67

0.06

Laboratory findings

 Parasitaemia (parasites × 103/μl)

69.5 (22.0–338.8)

0.62

0.07

 HRP2 (ng/ml)

7208 (2535–9541)

0.30

−0.15

 Total WBC (×103/μl)

7.9 (6.0–11.0)

0.28

0.15

 Platelets (×103/μl)

61.5 (30.8–100.5)

0.67

−0.08

 Hct (%)

21.2 (17.9–26.4)

0.41

0.12

Clinical outcome

 Coma resolution time (h)

48 (30–82)

0.42

0.13

 Death, no. (%)

9 (17)

 

NA

  1. Description of patient characteristics and correlation with brain oedema scores. P-values and Spearman’s r are shown for continuous variables. IQR: interquartile range