Table 4 Parasitemia levels of Plasmodium vivax and changes in haematological parameters in the studied patients
From: Severe vivax malaria trends in the last two years: a study from a tertiary care centre, Delhi, India
|  | Parasitemia range (P. vivax mono-infection) (number of parasites/μl of blood) |  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | Categories |  < 100 [n = 81 (%)] | 101–10000 [n = 85 (%)] |  > 10001 [n = 11 (%)] | Total n = 177 | P |
Grading of anaemia | Non-anaemic | 24 (29.6) | 29 (34.1) | 0 (0) | 53 | 0.0669 |
Mild anaemia | 31 (38.3) | 34 (40.0) | 2 (18.2) | 67 | 0.3716 | |
Moderate anaemia | 8 (9.9) | 12 (14.1) | 4 (36.4) | 24 | 0.0539 | |
Severe anaemia | 18 (22.2) | 10 (11.8) | 5 (45.5) | 33 | 0.0139* | |
Thrombocytopenia | Presence | 52 (64.2) | 57 (67.1) | 7 (63.6) | 116 | 0.9185 |
Changes in TLC | Leukopenia | 10 (12.3) | 15 (17.6) | 0 (0) | 25 | 0.2357 |
Normal TLC | 69 (85.2) | 66 (77.6) | 11 (100) | 146 | 0.1275 | |
Leukocytosis | 2 (2.5) | 4 (4.7) | 0 (0) | 6 | 0.5916 | |
Changes in MCV | Below normal | 49 (60.5) | 56 (65.9) | 11 (100) | 116 | 0.0351* |
Normal | 7 (8.6) | 6 (7.0) | 0 (0) | 13 | 0.5827 | |
Above normal | 25 (30.9) | 23 (27.1) | 0 (0) | 48 | 0.0928 | |
Changes in MCH | Below normal | 28 (34.6) | 25 (29.4) | 0 (0) | 53 | 0.0627 |
Normal | 46 (56.8) | 55 (64.7) | 8 (72.7) | 109 | 0.0002* | |
Above normal | 7 (8.6) | 5 (5.9) | 3 (27.3) | 15 | 0.0564 | |