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Table 2 Paraclinical findings in pregnant women with malaria

From: Malaria in pregnancy complications in Southern Venezuela

Laboratory parameters

Plasmodium spp.

p-valuea

Total, n = 52

P. vivax, n = 37

P. falciparum, n = 6

Mixed infection, n = 9

 
 

Median (min–max)

 

Haemoglobin (g/dL) (n = 52)

9.0 (4–13)

10 (5–13)

7 (5–11)

7.0 (4–10)

0.032b

Haematocrit (%) (n = 52)

28 (12–39)

30 (14–39)

21 (15–34)

26 (12–33)

0.1

Platelets (×103/µL) (n = 51)

222 (93–381)

214 (93–305)

246 (144–298)

238 (170–381)

0.24

Leukocytes (×103/µL) (n = 21)

9.0 (3.8–24.8)

9.4 (3.8–24.8)

6.6 (5.4–14.3)

9.00 (5–13.4)

0.43

Glycaemia (mg/dL) (n = 28)

78 (54–126)

80 (66–126)

84 (68–95)

73 (54–88)

0.63c

Urea (mg/dL) (n = 36)

18 (9–52)

17 (11–52)

16.8 (9–25)

22 (15–28)

0.5c

Creatinine (mg/dL) (n = 36)

0.6 (0.3–1.1)

0.6 (0.3–1.1)

0.6 (0.5–0.8)

0.7 (0.5–1)

1c

AST (mg/dL) (n = 13)

33 (12–79)

32 (12–45)

46 (18–79)

0.28d

ALT (mg/dL) (n = 13)

18 (10–84)

17 (10–28)

31 (13–84)

0.1d

Total bilirubin (mg/dL) (n = 14)

1.1 (0.4–2.5)

1.3 (0.4–2)

0.9 (0.4–2.5)

0.98d

  1. ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase
  2. ap-value using Kruskal–Wallis test
  3. bPairwise comparisons showed significant difference between P. vivax and mixed infection (p = 0.03)
  4. cp-value using median test
  5. dp-value using Mann-Whitney U test between P. vivax and mixed infection