Research Article
Leukogram Profile and Clinical Status in vivax and falciparum Malaria Patients from Colombia
Table 5
Comparison of leukocyte alterations between complicated and noncomplicated patients.
| | | | Normal (%) | Low (%) | High (%) |
| | Leukocytes | Complication (no) | 516 (73.9) | 96 (61.1) | 19 (57.6) | | Complication (yes) | 182 (26.1) | 61 (38.9) | 14 (42.4) | | OR (CI), | | 1.8 (1.3–2.6), 0.001 | 2.1 (1.0–4.2), 0.038 |
| | Lymphocytes | Complication (no) | 309 (79.0) | 309 (64.9) | 11 (61.1) | | Complication (yes) | 82 (21.0) | 167 (35.1) | 7 (38.9) | | OR (CI), | | 2.0 (1.5–2.8), 0.000 | 2.4 (0.9–6.4), 0.071 |
| | Monocytes | Complication (no) | 543 (72.5) | 32 (74.4) | 54 (58.1) | | Complication (yes) | 206 (27.5) | 11 (25.6) | 39 (41.9) | | OR (CI), | | 0.9 (0.5–1.8), 0.783 | 1.9 (1.2–3.0), 0.003 |
| | Neutrophils | Complication (no) | 278 (68.3) | 11 (73.3) | 10 (41.7) | | Complication (yes) | 129 (31.7) | 4 (26.7) | 14 (58.3) | | OR (CI), | | 0.8 (0.3–2.5), 0.680 | 3.0 (1.3–6.9), 0.007 |
| | Eosinophils | Complication (no) | 133 (66.2) | 2 (16.7) | 29 (78.4) | | Complication (yes) | 68 (33.8) | 10 (83.3) | 8 (21.6) | | OR (CI), | | 9.8 (2.0–93.2), 0.001 | 0.5 (0.2–1.2), 0.143 |
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Odds ratio, confidence interval, and value; Fisher’s exact test.
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