Malaria in patients with sickle cell anaemia: burden, risk factors and outcome at the Laquintinie hospital, Cameroon

Table 3 Selected clinical characteristics and laboratory finding in SCD with and without malaria

	Malaria cases in SCD population	Non malaria cases in SCD population	OR	CI	P
Coca-Cola urine	9 (3%)	19 (2%)	0.9	0.4–2	0.834
Icteric sclerae	46 (14%)	75 (9%)	0.7	0.4–0.9	0.033
Hepatomegaly	74 (22%)	128 (16%)	0.7	0.5–0.9	0.022
Splenomegaly	86 (25%)	136 (17%)	0.6	0.4–0.8	< 0.001
Death	11 (3%)	12 (1%)	2.2	1–5	0.050
Mean hemoglobin (g/dL)	5.71	6.27	−4.5	–	< 0.001
Mean WBC count (× 10⁹ cells/L)	20.29	22.27	−2	–	0.053
Mean Platelet (cells/mm³)	274,014.25	323,551.3	−3.7	–	< 0.001

SCD Sickle Cell Disease, CI Confidence Interval, S Significant, OR Odds ratio, WBC white blood cell, L litre, g/dL grams per decilitre

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