Effect of malaria infection on hematological profiles of people living with human immunodeficiency virus in Gambella, southwest Ethiopia

Table 1 Comparison of hematological profiles between malaria infected and malaria non- infected participants

Hematological Profiles	Malaria infected Mean ± SD	Malaria non- infected Mean ± SD	t- value	P-value
RBC (×10¹²/L)	3.88 ± 0.69	4.08 ± 0.66	−1.914	0.057
Hgb (g/dL)	11.77 ± 1.80	12.69 ± 2.03	−3.120	0.002
HCT (%)	34.60 ± 5.44	37.23 ± 5.59	−3.116	0.002
MCV (FL)	88.99 ± 10.86	91.10 ± 12.33	−1.190	0.236
MCH (pg)	30.53 ± 3.38	31.36 ± 4.12	−1.443	0.151
MCHC (g/dL)	34.08 ± 1.38	33.74 ± 3.08	0.921	0.359
WBC (×10⁹/L)	4.66 ± 2.19	5.09 ± 3.57	−0.944	0.346
LYM (%)	35.76 ± 14.24	48.17 ± 12.95	−5.974	<0.0001
MID (%)	14.42 ± 7.81	13.89 ± 22.80	0.204	0.838
NEUT (%)	49.11 ± 17.41	40.34 ± 12.03	3.842	<0.0001
PLT (×10⁹/L)	148.72 ± 77.91	236.88 ± 75.02	−7.559	<0.0001
CD₄ ⁺ (cell/μl)	434.36 ± 292.41	460.63 ± 230.24	−0.655	0.513

*SD- Standard deviation, RBC-Red blood cell, HCT-Hematocrit, Hgb-Hemoglobin, MCV-Mean cell volume, MCH-Mean cell hemoglobin, MCHC-Mean cell hemoglobin concentration, WBC-White blood cell, LYM-Lymphocyte, MID - Average of basophils, eosinophil and monocyte, NEUT-Neutrophil, PLT- Platelets and CD₄ ⁺-cluster of differentiation

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