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Table 5 renal function of patients with recurrent malaria cases in sir Yahaya memorial hospital Birnin Kebbi from 2016 to 2020

From: Renal and hepatic dysfunction parameters correlate positively with gender among patients with recurrent malaria cases in Birnin Kebbi, Northwest Nigeria

Parameters

Control

Patients

Male

Female

Male

Female

Urea (mmol/L)

4.64 ± 1.00a

4.52 ± 0.99a

5.06 ± 2.82b

9.14 ± 3.28c

Creatinine (μmol/L)

72 ± 15a

76 ± 14a

142.5 ± 68.5b

236 ± 154c

Sodium (mmol/L)

138.80 ± 2.30a

138.90 ± 2.79a

130.50 ± 10.65a

106.70 ± 18.15b

Potassium (mmol/L)

3.90 ± 0.79a

4.15 ± 0.69a

3.81 ± 0.60a

2.13 ± 0.78c

Chloride (mmol/L)

100.70 ± 3.80a

100.60 ± 4.04a

97.75 ± 8.49a

75.44 ± 8.81a

  1. The values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation of the observations in each group
  2. Values with different superscript letters in the same row are significantly different from each other (P<0.05)