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Table 2 Description of study participants and full blood count in both ethnic groups at two time points of malaria transmission season

From: Haematological parameters, natural regulatory CD4 + CD25 + FOXP3+ T cells and γδ T cells among two sympatric ethnic groups having different susceptibility to malaria in Burkina Faso

 

Low Transmission Season

High Transmission Season

 

Fulani ethnic group (n = 44)

Mossi ethnic group (n = 42)

p ** value

Fulani ethnic group (n = 73)

Mossi ethnic group (n = 60)

p ** value

 

% (95% CI)*

% (95% CI)*

 

% (95% CI)*

% (95% CI)*

 

Male/Female

0.85

0.94

0.76

0.78

0.94

0.61

Mean age yrs*

33.9 (32.1-35.6)

34.9 (32.1-37.7)

0.56

33.0 (31.3-34.8)

33.3 (30.7-36.1)

0.52

Prevalence*

0,02

12.2 (1.7-22.7)

0.02

8.8 (1.9-15.7)

27.1 (15.4-38.0)

< 0.01

WBC (×103)

5.2 (4.6-5.7)

5.7 (5.3-6.1)

0.10

5.3 (4.9-5.6)

6.1 (5.7-6.5)

0.001

RBC (×106)

4.7 (4.5-4.8)

4.7 (4.6-4.9)

0.65

4.5 (4.3-4.6)

4.6 (4.4-4.7)

0.30

Haemoglobin

12.8 (12.1-13.5)

13.4 (12.8-13.9)

0.22

12,1 (11.5-12.7)

13.0 (12.6-13.5)

0.01

Platelets (103)

217 (192.6-241.4)

209 (188-232)

0.66

182 (164-200)

199 (178-221)

0.21

Neutrophils (103)

2.2 (1,8-2.5)

2.0 (1.8-2.2)

0.40

2.3 (2.1-2.6)

2.6 (2.3-2.8)

0.15

Lymphocytes (103)

2.3 (2.0-2.5)

2.7 (2.5-3.0)

< 0.01

2.2 (2.0-2.4)

2.6 (2.4-2.8)

0.01

Monocytes (103)

0.4 (0.3-0.4)

0.4 (0.4-0.5)

0.40

0.4 (0.3-0.4)

0.6 (0.5-0.6)

< 0.001

Basophils (103)

0.04 (0.03-0.05)

0.04 (0.04-0.05)

0.31

0.04 (0.03-0.04)

0.04 (0.04-0.05)

0.30

Eosinophils (103)

0.3 (0.3-0.4)

0.5 (0.3-0.7)

0.03

0.3 (0.2-0.3)

0.3 (0.3-0.4)

0.30

  1. *95% CI, **p values calculated using the Student's t-test
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