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Table 5 Characteristics of the major clinical phenotypes

From: Epidemiological and clinical profile of paediatric malaria: a cross sectional study performed on febrile children in five epidemiological strata of malaria in Cameroon

Parameters

CM (n = 14)

SMA (n = 46)

RD (n = 27)

p-value

Mean haemoglobin, g/dL (SD)

5.4 (1.6)

4.2 (1.8)

6.1 (2.2)

0.007

GMPD, parasites/μL

137,131.2

200,917.2

174,751.8

<0.001

Mean blood glucose, mmol/L (SD)

5.9 (0.8)

5.6 (1.3)

6.2 (1.1)

0.264

Mean body Temperature, °C (SD)

39.9 (0.9)

39.6 (1.1)

39.5 (1.1)

0.390

Hypoglycaemia, n (%)

7 (50.0)

15 (32.6)

9 (33.3)

0.471

Hyperparasitaemia, n (%)

9 (64.3)

16 (34.8)

6 (22.2)

0.028

Hyperpyrexia, n (%)

9 (64.3)

25 (54.4)

13 (48.2)

0.615

  1. CM cerebral malaria, SMA severe malaria anaemia, RD respiratory distress, GMPD Geometric mean parasite density, SD standard deviation