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Table 1 Characteristics of the HIV-infected children per study group.

From: Severe anaemia is not associated with HIV-1 env gene characteristics in Malawian children

 

Cases

Controls

p

HIV-infected

45

41

n/a

Age (mean in months ± SD)

25.5 ± 14.1

28.8 ± 12.4

0.25

Sex (M:F)

18:27

23:18

0.14

Haemoglobin (mean in g/dL ± SD)

3.6 ± 0.7

9.3 ± 2.0

n/a

Reticulocytes (Median and IQR *10e9/L)

58.6 (30.3–93.1) n = 35

55.7 (34.7–86.0) n = 31

0.72

CRP>10 mg/L

38/42 (90%)

25/36 (69%)

0.02

  1. Baseline characteristics of children with severe anaemia (cases, Hb<5.0 g/dL) as compared to those without severe anaemia (controls). SD: Standard deviation; IQR Inter Quartile Range; The number of children is only displayed if data was not available for all children.
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