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Table 3 Paraclinical findings on malaria patients according to CoRE by other viral or bacterial pathogens

From: Seroprevalence of viral and bacterial pathogens among malaria patients in an endemic area of southern Venezuela

Laboratory

CoRE

DENV (n = 24)

HAV (n = 19)

HBV (n = 10)

CHIKV (n = 9)

LEP (n = 6)

No (n = 106)

Yes (n = 55)

Haemoglobin, g/dL

11 (2)

11 (2)

10 (3)

12 (2)

11(2)

11(2)

10 (2)

Haematocrit, %

35 (5)

33 (7)

32 (9)

3 (7)

34 (4)

33 (9)

29 (7)*

Leucocytes, 109/L

6 (2)

6 (4)

7 (5)

6 (2)

6 (1)

5 (1)

6 (2)

Platelets, 109/L

90 (44)

87 (55)

100 (76)

76 (29)

95 (24)

80 (25)

57 (24)

Glycemia, mg/dL

78 (26)

81 (23)

90 (23)§

74 (15)

84 (24)

80 (24)

80 (36)

Urea, mg/dL

32 (22)

40 (33)

22 (44)

32 (9)

38 (33)

37 (20)

38 (21)

Creatinine, mg/dL

1 (0.6)

1.2 (1.2)

1.4 (1.7)

1.1 (0.3)

1 (0.2)

1.3(0.4)

1 (0.2)

TB, mg/dL

3 (2.8)

3.7 (3)

3.6 (3.6)

4.1 (3.2)

4 (3.3)

2.3 (0.8)

3.2 (2.2)

AST, U/L

90 (62)

121 (98)||

118 (114)

118 (70)

89 (44)

136 (77)

190 (148)**

ALT, U/L

93 (99)

136 (115)

84 (67)

98 (169)

85 (62)

117 (63)

227 (160)††

LDH, U/L

541 (190)

530 (156)

457 (85)

546 (153)

583 (202)

530 (143)

530 (56)

Sodium, mmol/L

140.2 (2.3)

140 (3.8)

139.8 (5.1)

140.5 (2.8)

140.1 (1.6)

139.8 (3.2)

139.5 (5.3)

Potassium, mEq/L

4.2 (0.5)

4.2 (0.6)

4.4 (0.5)

4.4 (0.4)

4.4 (0.5)

4.3 (0.8)

3.5 (0.7)‡‡

Chlorine, mEq/L

102 (3)

103 (3)

103 (2.96)

103.1 (2.7)

101.7 (1.73)

104.6 (3.4)

105.7 (5.69)

  1. Data are expressed as mean (SD). Patients with CoRE with more than one pathogen were added independently to each CoRE group. Statistically significant difference using Student’s t-test: *P = 0.047, P = 0.010, P = 0.019, §P = 0.016, ||P = 0.023, P = 0.007, **P = 0.006, ††P = 0.034, ‡‡P = 0.043. CoRE Co-infection or recent exposure, DENV Dengue virus, HAV Hepatitis A virus, HBV Hepatitis B virus, CHIKV Chikungunya virus, LEP Leptospirosis, TB Total bilirubin, AST Aspartate aminotransferase, ALT Alanine aminotransferase, LDH Lactate dehydrogenase, SD Standard deviation