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The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine

Table 1 Relationship between malaria parasite infection and mean PCV

From: Oxidative stress and anti-oxidants in asymptomatic malaria-positive patients: a hospital-based cross-sectional Nigerian study

 

Packed cell volume (mean % ± SE)

t values

p values

Infection status

 Negative

36.90 ± 1.78

3.963

0.001*

 Positive

27.80 ± 1.45

Symptom status

 Symptomatic

30.60 ± 2.67

− 1.154

0.263

 Asymptomatic

34.10 ± 1.43

  1. *Significant difference (p < 0.05)
  2. Symptomatic patients were those with signs such as fever, headache, chills, loss of appetite, nausea, and vomiting according to WHO [1]
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