Hematological indices and abnormalities among patients with uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Kosti city of the White Nile state, Sudan: a comparative study

Table 1 Characteristics of malaria patients and malaria-negative subjects in Kosti city of the White Nile State, Sudan (2018)

Characteristics	*P. falciparum*-infected patients (N = 192)	Malaria-negative subjects (N = 200)
Characteristics	n (%)	n (%)
Gender
Male	96 (50.0)	96 (48.0)
Female	96 (50.0)	104 (52.0)
Age (years)
≤ 30	85 (44.3)	94 (47.0)
> 30	107 (55.7)	106 (53.0)
Median ± IQR	33.0 ± 22.0	31.0 ± 26.0
Range	1–47	1–67
*P. falciparum* density (parasites/μl)		N/A
Median ± IQR	677.5 ± 600.1
Range	26–10,040
Parasitaemia level^a		N/A
Low	130 (67.7)
Moderate	60 (31.3)
High	2 (1.0)

IQR interquartile range, N/A, not applicable;^a low parasitemia (< 1000 parasites/μl), moderate parasitemia (1000–9999 parasites/μl), high parasitemia (≥ 10,000 parasites/μl).

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