Ring stage classification of Babesia microti and Plasmodium falciparum using optical diffraction 3D tomographic technique

Table 2 Spearman correlational analysis between tested variables

Variables	Spearman's correlation analysis (ρ, p value)
Variables	uRBCs	Bm-RBCs	Pf-RBCs
Sphericity index vs. surface area	−0.635***	−0.821***	−0.794***
Volume of cytosol vs. total dry mass per cell	0.873***	0.694***	0.818***
Surface area vs. volume of cytosol	0.667***	0.754***	0.811***
Surface area vs. Hb concentration	−0.205	0.599***	−0.257**
Surface area vs. total dry mass per cell	0.357**	0.243	0.618***
Sphericity index vs. volume of cytosol	0.143	−0.249	−0.294*
Sphericity index vs. Hb concentration	0.642***	0.633***	0.225
Sphericity index vs. total dry mass per cell	0.364**	0.242	−0.159

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