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Table 1 Clinical characteristics and laboratory parameters of Ghanaian children with complicated and uncomplicated malaria

From: Age-related pattern and monocyte-acquired haemozoin associated production of erythropoietin in children with severe malarial anaemia in Ghana

Group

N

Mean age (Years)

Mean haemoglobin (g/dL)

Mean parasitaemia (parasites/uL)

Complicated malaria

36

4 (1–10)*

3.9 (2.1-4.8)*

175,026.4 (2,832-1,958,270)*

Uncomplicated malaria

64

6 (1–13)*

9.8 (8.1-12.7)*

121,692.4 (3,618-516,870.)*

Controls

20

6 (2–8)*

11.335 (9.6-12.5)*

302.6 (0.0-2,472)*

  1. *Data are means (minimum and maximum values). N = sample size.