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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the high lactate and normal lactate groups

From: Mitochondrial gene sequence variants in children with severe malaria anaemia with or without lactic acidosis: a case control study

 

High lactate, n = 36

Normal lactate, n = 37

Median (IQR) lactate, mM

14.4 (13.6–15.3)

2.7 (1.9–3.3)

Median (IQR) age, years

2.3 (1.5–3.8)

2.5 (1.7–4.2)

Gender (female:male)

16:20

14:23

Median (IQR) haemoglobin, g/dL

2.8 (2.6–3.4)

3.0 (2.8–3.7)

Mean (SD) O2-saturation, %

96.8 (4.1)

97.5 (2.4)

Mean (SD) log parasitaemiaa

4.66 (0.79)

4.28 (1.07)

  1. aThe log10 of the number of parasitized red cells per μL