Enterobiasis and strongyloidiasis and associated co-infections and morbidity markers in infants, preschool- and school-aged children from rural coastal Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Haematological values derived from full blood cell counts from infants, preschool-aged (PSAC), and school-aged children (SAC) from the Bagamoyo district, United Republic of Tanzania

Age group	Infants			PSAC			SAC
	Total	n	%	Total	n	%	Total	n	%
Haematocrit (%)	225			336			472
Low		12	5.3		5	1.5		60	12.7
Normal		190	84.4		305	90.8		372	78.8
High		23	10.2		26	7.7		40	8.5
Mean corpuscular volume (pg)	225			336			472
Low		19	8.4		2	0.6		28	5.9
Normal		186	82.7		308	91.7		408	86.4
High		20	8.9		26	7.7		36	7.6
Platelets ( 10 ⁹ /l)	225			336			472
Low		1	0.4		5	1.5		15	3.2
Normal		202	89.8		305	90.8		420	89.0
High		22	9.8		26	7.7		37	7.8
White blood cells (10 ⁹ /l)	225			336			472
Low		0	0.0		0	0.0		4	0.8
Normal		182	80.9		288	85.7		351	74.4
High		43	19.1		48	14.3		117	24.8
Neutrophils (10 ⁹ /l)	225			336			472
Low		2	0.9		0	0.0		6	1.3
Normal		176	78.2		266	79.2		350	74.2
High		47	20.9		70	20.8		116	24.6
Lymphocytes (10 ⁹ /l)	225			336			472
Low		6	2.7		6	1.8		5	1.1
Normal		183	81.3		292	86.9		374	79.2
High		36	16.0		38	11.3		93	19.7
Monocytes (10 ⁹ /l)	225			336			472
Low		0	0.0		0	0.0		0	0.0
Normal		114	50.7		198	58.9		249	52.8
High		111	49.3		138	41.1		223	47.2
Eosinophils (10 ⁹ /l)	225			336			472
Low		11	4.9		12	3.6		12	2.5
Normal		127	56.4		187	55.7		276	58.5
High		87	38.7		137	40.8		184	39.0
Basophils (10 ⁹ /l)	225			336			472
Low		2	0.9		0	0.0		0	0.0
Normal		143	63.6		221	65.8		252	53.4
High		80	35.6		115	34.2		220	46.6

Reference values are derived from children living in the Kilimanjaro district [51].

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