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Patient characteristics on admission. |
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| Parameters |
Mild malaria |
Severe malaria |
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| Sex (Female/Male) |
4/13 |
8/16 |
| Age |
27.2 (24, 13, 52) |
27 (25, 15, 70) |
| Parasitemia (/μl) |
3,681.76* (4,320, 80, 172,790) |
112,497.83* (181,695, 575, 1,310,100) |
| Hemoglobin (g/dl) |
10.2 (10.8, 5, 13.4) |
10.8 (10.7, 6.2, 16.2) |
| Platelet count (×103/μl) |
93.7 (78, 23, 243) |
43.9 (33, 12, 139) |
| Albumin (g/dl) |
3.4 (3.5, 2.2, 4.2) |
2.8 (2.6, 1.8, 4.2) |
| Total bilirubin (mg/dl) |
1.4 (1.1, 0.8, 2.9) |
4.8 (2.7, 0.75, 20) |
| AST (IU/l) |
38 (35, 13, 105) |
116.7 (53, 13, 1,011) |
| ALT (IU/l) |
29.3 (16, 8.9, 134) |
58.7 (35, 18, 378) |
| Creatinine (mg/dl) |
0.9 (0.9, 0.5, 1.2) |
8.8 (1.1, 0.6, 177.6) |
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Values are mean (median, minimum and maximum) or number. *Geometric mean. | ||
Sibmooh et al. Lipids in Health and Disease 2004 3:15 doi:10.1186/1476-511X-3-15 |
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