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Table 2 Demographical and hematological parameters of the patients (mean ± SD)

From: Molecular prevalence of intestinal parasites infections in children with diarrhea in Franceville, Southeast of Gabon

 

Franceville children

Infected (n = 61)

Uninfected (n = 39)

p

Age (months)

28.3 ± 4.3

19.4 ± 3.4

0.06

Temperature

37.9 ± 0.2

38.2 ± 0.2

0.5

Weight (Kg)

11.9 ± 0.9

10.1 ± 1.05

0.3

Haemoglobin (g/dL)

10.4 ± 0.6

11.7 ± 0.5

0.1

Red blood cells (106 cells/mm3)

4.3 ± 0.7

4.3 ± 0.2

0.7

White blood cells (103 cells/mm3)

13.2 ± 2.1

9.7 ± 1.1

0.1

Platelets (103 cells/mm3)

358.8 ± 313.8

361 ± 467.2

0.2

Creatinine (mmol/L)

47.7 ± 3.8

25.3 ± 2.7

0.02

  1. leucocyte counts, hemoglobin concentrations and creatinine infected and uninfected children. Statistical significance was calculated using a student’s t test. SD = standard deviation