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Table 4 Comparison of haematological parameters between HIV positive (n = 285) and HIV/malaria co-infected patients (n = 24) among the study population

From: Malaria parasite prevalence and Haematological parameters in HIV seropositive patients attending the regional hospital Limbe, Cameroon: a hospital-based cross-sectional study

Haematological Parameters

Malaria/HIV co-infected (24)

HIV-infected (285)

T-test

P-values*

Hb g/dl

9.75 ± 1.67

10.95 ± 1.87

3.331

0.002*

RBC × 1012/l

3.32 ± 0.53

3.73 ± 0.66

3.442

0.002*

WBC ×109/l

6.12 ± 3.88

5.88 ± 2.51

−0.301

0.761

PLT ×109/l

170.96 ± 79.01

168.58 ± 65.03

−0.147

0.890

MCV fl

94.63 ± 9.97

94.99 ± 10.37

0.173

0.862

MCHC g/dl

31.34 ± 1.04

31.19 ± 3.26

−0.526

0.601

MCH Pg

29.60 ± 3.26

29.61 ± 4.63

0.015

0.984

Lymphocyte Diff %

26.82 ± 15.38

29.81 ± 11.38

0.933

0.362

Granulocyte Diff %

62.33 ± 14.47

58.35 ± 11.86

−1.311

0.20

Hct %

30.8 ± 5.43

35.26 ± 6.06

3.814

0.001*

RDW_CV fl

13.54 ± 2.51

13.38 ± 5.13

−0.265

0.797

RDW_SD %

51.54 ± 8.15

50.15 ± 5.68

−0.823

0.422

MPV fl

11.55 ± 1.67

11.43 ± 1.76

−0.326

0.753

PDW

8.46 ± 1.62

8.99 ± 4.55

1.247

0.221

  1. Values are mean ± SD
  2. *Statistically significant P value
  3. P values were calculated using independent student t-test