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Table 5 The occurrence of peripheral cytopenias in the different WHO clinical stages

From: Profile of blood cell abnormalities among antiretroviral therapy naïve HIV patients attending the Yaounde University Teaching Hospital, Cameroon

WHO Clinical stage [N]

Anaemia

Leucopenia

Thrombocytopenia

(n) %

(n) %

(n) %

Stage 1 [38]

(19) 50.0

(9) 23.7

(2) 5.3

Stage 2 [19]

(11) 57.9

(5) 26.3

(2) 10.5

Stage 3 [11]

(8) 72.7

(7) 63.6

(8) 72.7

Stage 4 [13]

(13) 100

(7) 53.8

(10) 76.9

P-values

<0.05

<0.05

<0.05

  1. WHO World Health Organization, N number of participants per immunological class, n number of participants per immunological class with a given cytopenia.