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Table 1 Demographics

From: Multiorgan failure in malaria: what we have learned over the past 10 years

 

All

(n = 152)

Alive

(n = 104)

Dead

(n = 48)

 
 

Median

Range

Median

Range

Median

Range

P value

Age (years)

32.5

14-71

32

14-67

34

17-71

NS

Apache II

17

1-43

15

1-30

22

9-43

< 0.005

WHO

5

0-12

4.5

0-10

8

3-12

< 0.005

Parasitaemia (%)

11

< 1-71

11

< 1-56

12

< 1-71

NS

SOFA

10

0-18

9

0-17

12

6-18

< 0.005

ICU stay (days)

4

< 1-80

4

1-37

4

< 1-80

NS

Hemoglobin (g/dl)

9.2

3.2-16

9.6

4.3-16

8.5

3.2-15

NS

Platelet count (× 103/dl)

41

4-300

42.5

4-300

36

7-96

< 0.005