Malaria Parasite Density as a Predictor of Hematological Parameter Changes among HIV Infected Adults Attending Two Antiretroviral Treatment Clinics in Kano, Northwest Nigeria
Table 4
Comparison of hematological parameters of HIV only and HIV and malaria dual infected participants attending two selected public ART clinics in Kano, Nigeria (n = 1521).
Variable
HIV+ & malaria+ (n = 386)
HIV+ only (n = 1135)
t-test
value
Hb (g/dl)
10.95 ± 2.26
11.64 ± 1.85
5.42
0.001
PCV (%)
33.00 ± 6.21
35.42 ± 5.00
6.93
0.001
WBC (×109/L)
6.13 ± 2.87
5.95 ± 2.22
−0.737
0.461
Platelet (×109/L)
263 ± 18.8
261 ± 18.2
0.022
0.983
RBC (×1012/L)
3.79 ± 0.73
3.95 ± 0.70
3.77
0.001
MCV (fl)
87.78 ± 11.17
91.13 ± 10.99
5.16
0.001
MCHC (g/dl)
33.12 ± 2.57
32.81 ± 2.46
−2.10
0.036
MCH (pg)
29.19 ± 4.71
30.02 ± 4.58
3.05
0.002
Neutrophil (%)
50.56 ± 13.69
48.73 ± 12.78
−2.37
0.017
Lymphocyte (%)
39.00 ± 12.77
42.11 ± 11.10
−3.53
0.001
Mixed (%)
9.93 ± 6.02
9.14 ± 5.85
−2.27
0.024
Abs neut (×109/L)
4.42 ± 0.23
4.20 ± 0.21
−1.69
0.910
Abs lymph (×109/L)
2.29 ± 1.02
3.50 ± 0.18
3.04
0.002
Abs mixed (×109/L)
1.91 ± 0.12
1.80 ± 0.11
−1.86
0.630
RDW-SD (%)
48.83 ± 6.29
49.79 ± 6.83
−2.40
0.016
PDW
10.80 ± 0.08
10.70 ± 0.08
−1.34
0.180
Abs neut: absolute neutrophil; abs lymph: absolute lymphocyte count; Hb: hemoglobin; MCV: mean cell volume; MCHC: mean cell hemoglobin concentration; PCV: packed cell volume; PDW: platelet distribution width; SD: standard deviation; WBC: white blood cell; RBC: red blood cell; RDW: red cell distribution width. Significant at .
