Hematological Parameters and Hemozoin-Containing Leukocytes and Their Association with Disease Severity among Malaria Infected Children: A Cross-Sectional Study at Pawe General Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study participants, Pawe General Hospital, 2014.

Variables	Categories	Frequency	Percent (%)
Age (years)	<5	127	33.7
	≥5	250	66.3
Sex	Male	218	57.8
	Female	159	42.2
Axillary temperature	<37.5°C	151	40.1
	≥37.5°C	226	59.9
Plasmodium species	P. falciparum	283	75.1
	P. vivax	57	15.1
	Mixed	37	9.8
Malaria severity	Uncomplicated malaria	275	72.9
	Severe malaria	102	27.1

Mixed refers to P. falciparum and P. vivax coinfection.