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Table 3 Hematological values of the study population

From: Differentiating between dengue fever and malaria using hematological parameters in endemic areas of Thailand

Variable

Dengue

Median (IQR)

Plasmodium sp.

Median (IQR)

P-value*

WBCs (Ɨ103/Ī¼L)

3.79 (2.64ā€“5.51)

5.95 (4.81ā€“7.51)

<0.0001

Neutrophil (Ɨ103/Ī¼L)

2.19 (1.41ā€“3.20)

4.12 (2.99ā€“5.35)

<0.0001

Lymphocyte (Ɨ103/Ī¼L)

1.05 (0.69ā€“1.63)

1.05 (0.67ā€“1.64)

0.607

Monocyte (Ɨ103/Ī¼L)

0.20 (0.11ā€“0.33)

0.29 (0.14ā€“0.54)

<0.0001

Eosinophil (Ɨ103/Ī¼L)

0.05 (0.03ā€“0.09)

0.11 (0.06ā€“0.19)

<0.0001

Basophil (Ɨ103/Ī¼L)

0.06 (0.03ā€“0.12)

0.06 (0.04ā€“0.09)

0.258

NL ratio

1.184 (1.15ā€“1.84)

3.94 (2.17ā€“7.23)

<0.0001

ML ratio

0.17 (0.09ā€“0.27)

0.27 (0.13ā€“0.50)

<0.0001

RBC (Ɨ106/Ī¼L)

5.02 (4.63ā€“5.53)

4.66 (4.22ā€“5.07)

<0.0001

Hb (g/dL)

13.6 (12.4ā€“15.0)

12.3 (10.8ā€“13.4)

<0.0001

HcT (%)

40 (36ā€“44)

36 (32ā€“40)

<0.0001

MCV (fL)

81.4 (75ā€“85.5)

78.4 (74.0ā€“83.4)

<0.0001

MCH (pg/cell)

27.8 (25.3ā€“29.3)

26.5 (24.8ā€“28.3)

<0.0001

MCHC (g/dL)

34 (33.4ā€“34.7)

33.9 (33ā€“34.5)

0.009

RDW (%)

12.3 (11.9ā€“13.0)

12.4 (11.8ā€“13.1)

0.866

Platelet (Ɨ103/Ī¼L)

76 (45ā€“101)

80.5 (52.3ā€“119)

0.053

  1. *Comparison of the two groups was done using the Mann-Whitney U Test