Leukogram Profile and Clinical Status in vivax and falciparum Malaria Patients from Colombia

Table 3

Leukocyte subpopulations (cells/µL) by age ranges and malaria etiology.

		Less than 1 year; ()	1.1 to 5 years; ()	5.1 to 15 years; ()	15.1 to 65 years; ()	Over 65 years; ()	P.  falciparum; ()	P.  vivax ()
Leukocytes ()	Mean	13,238	8,360	6,723	6,438	6,671	6,597	6,700
	CI	6,592–19,883	7,480–9,240	6,289–7,158	6,250–6,627	5,676–7,667	6,385–6,810	6,414–7,086
	Median	10,050	8,200	6,200	6,000	6,000	6,000	6,200
Lymphocytes ()	Mean	5,914	3,803	2,037	1,639	1,427	1,897	1,850
	CI	3,450–8,377	3,251–4355	1,840–2,233	1,564–1,715	1,034–1,820	1,786–2,007	1,707–1,993
	Median	5,472	3,473	1,776	1,451	1,248	1,585	1,539
Monocytes ()	Mean	776	663	462	425	436	434	454
	CI	193–1,360	479–846	408–516	398–452	296	402–466	415–494
	Median	652	434	383	348	576	360	372
Granulocytes ()	Mean	6,516	3,887	4,188	4,370	4,829	4,266	4,420
	CI	1,422–11,610	3242–4533	3880–4496	4207–4532	3,772–5,885	4,098–4,435	4,164–4,675
	Median	4,502	3,590	3,768	4,128	4,210	3,950	4,015
Neutrophils ()	Mean	4,791	3,753	3,886	4,264	4,585	4,087	4,225
	CI	2,375–7,208	2,736–4,770	3,522–4,250	4,028–4,501	3,277–5,893	3,838–4,336	3,948–4,501
	Median	4,947	3,432	3,565	3,950	3,869	3,780	3,956
Eosinophils ()	Mean	662	413	405	292	68	279	469
	CI	1,595–2,919	54–773	203–606	226–358	33–101	228–330	197–741
	Median	248	224	200	179	56	168	254
Basophils ()	Mean	4	54	8	15	88	12	35
	CI	9–17	8–117	3–13	2–28	138–315	5–18	−6–77
	Median	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

CI: 95% confidence interval. No differences found in WBC counts when comparing between species.