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Table 3 Laboratory tests results for all patients included in the study, grouped by type of malaria

From: Migration-associated malaria from Africa in southern Spain

 

ALL

MM

SMM

p value

N = 329

239 (72.6%)

90 (27.4%)

Hb (g/dl)

13.6 (2.2)

13.3 (2.0)

14.3 (2.8)

 ≤ 0.01

Platelets × 103/µl

114 (130)

90 (86)

216 (95)

 ≤ 0.01

Total bilirubin (mg/dl)

1.1(1.1)

1.3 (1.4)

0.7 (0.6)

 ≤ 0.01

Structural hemoglobinopathies

 No

237 (72.0%)

175 (76.7%)

62 (70.4%)

0.25

 Yes

79 (24.0%)

53 (22.2%)

26 (29.5%)

 

 Not available

13 (3.9%)

   
  1. Quantitative variables: Median (interquartile range, IQR); quantitative variables: values are number (percentage), N (%)
  2. MM microscopic malaria, SMM submicroscopic malaria, HB Hemoglobin