Characteristics | SMA (Hb < 5.0 g/dL) (n = 137) | Non-SMA (Hb ≥ 5.0 g/dL) (n = 437) | P-value |
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Demographic Characteristics | |||
Sex | |||
Females | 68 49.6) | 230 (52.6) | 0.540a |
Males | 69 (50.4) | 207 (47.4) | |
Age in months | 11.3 (11.6) | 14.6 (10.5) | 0.004b |
Laboratory information | |||
Hb, g/dL | 4.2 (1.3) | 8.5 (2.2) | < 0.001b |
Parasite (/μL) | 30,750.0 (102,680.5) | 42,312.0 (125,216.8) | < 0.093 b |
WBCx103/uL | 13.5 (8.8) | 12.1 (6.2) | < 0.001b |
Glucose, mmol/L | 6.0 (1.5) | 5.8 (1.9) | 0.584 b |
RBCx1012/μL | 2.4 (0.8) | 3.5 (0.7) | < 0.001b |