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Table 1 Haematological and parasitological data among 576 mothers and their newborns

From: Association of IL-4 and IL-10 maternal haplotypes with immune responses to P. falciparum in mothers and newborns

Parameters

Mothers (peripheral blood)

Newborns (cord blood)

Haemoglobin (g/dl)

11.3 (± 1.5)

14.5 (± 2.0)

  mean (± SD) a

Anaemia

224 (39.1)

351 (61.5)

  n (%) b

P. falciparum prevalence

49 (8.5)

5 (0.9)

  n (%) c

Parasite density d

556 (159–9990)

367 (235–1492)

  1. a 3 (5) missing values for mothers (newborns).
  2. b anaemia defined as Hb < 11 g/dl (mothers) and Hb < 15 g/dl (newborns).
  3. c 2 missing values.
  4. d median parasite density (/μl) (25th-75th percentiles), zero values excluded.
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BMC Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1471-2334

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