|
Variables
|
Patients with severe malaria (N = 12)
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Patients with uncomplicated malaria (N = 48)
|
Controls (N = 60)
|
P
|
|---|
|
Age, years
|
26.7 (5.2)
|
26.0 (5.8)
|
25.8 (5.4)
|
0.8
|
|
Parity
|
3.0 (1.6)
|
3.2 (2.6)
|
2.4 (2.0)
|
0.1
|
|
Gestational age, weeks
|
24.7 (6.8)
|
25 (9.6)
|
25.8 (10.1)
|
0.8
|
|
Temperature, 0 C
|
38.5 (0.6)
|
37.7 (0.7)
|
37.1 (0.2)
|
0.3
|
|
Haemoglobin, g/dl
|
9.1 (2.2)
|
10.2 (1.6)
|
11.3 (1.3)
|
<0.001
|
|
Blood glucose, mg/dl
|
72.4 (3.0)
|
74.6 (4.0)
|
—
|
0.08
|
|
Serum bilirubin, mg/dl
|
2.0 (0.7)
|
1.8 (0.6)
|
—
|
0.3
|
|
Serum creatinine, mg/dl
|
1.0 (0.2)
|
1.0 (0.3)
|
—
|
0.9
|
