Severe thrombocytopaenia in patients with vivax malaria compared to falciparum malaria: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Table 1 Distribution of thrombocytopaenia between vivax malaria and falciparum malaria

Study [Reference]	thrombocytopaenia grade	Vivax malaria		Falciparum malaria		Odds ratio	95% CI
Study [Reference]	thrombocytopaenia grade	event	total	event	total	Odds ratio	95% CI
Taylor, 2008 [69]	severe	8	64	5	98	2.65	0.83–8.52
Poespoprodjo, 2009 [55]	severe	23	88	5	51	3.25	1.15–9.19
Khan, 2012 [33]	severe	5	39	22	82	0.4	0.14–1.15
Dhungat, 2013 [22]	severe	19	54	13	28	0.62	0.24–1.58
Barber, 2013 [20]	severe	19	43	61	122	0.79	0.39–1.59
Singh, 2014 [66]	severe	32	90	32	90	1	0.54–1.84
Haroon, 2013 [30]	severe	70	110	2	472	411.2	97.2–1739.5
Lampah, 2015 [11]	severe	1650	19 552	5722	36 759	0.49	0.47–0.52
Tanwar, 2012 [12]	very severe	60	278	13	145	2.79	1.47–5.28
Kochar, 2010b [38]	very severe	26	460	9	525	3.43	1.59–7.4
Uttra, 2010 [70]	very severe	18	85	11	78	1.64	0.72–3.72
Pooled, Odds Ratio	I² = 94.1%					1.98	0.92– 4.25

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