Association between Inflammatory Cytokine Levels and Thrombocytopenia during Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax Infections in South-Western Coastal Region of India
Table 5
Severe malarial complications in severe thrombocytopenia patients across various infecting species.
Clinical condition
Total (n=63)
P. vivax (n=28)
P. falciparum (n=20)
Mixed (n=15)
p value
Severe anemia
11 (17.5)
4 (14.3)
4 (20)
3 (20)
0.499
Acute renal failure
8 (12.7)
4 (14.3)
2 (10)
2 (13.3)
0.063
Jaundice
17 (27.0)
6 (21.4)
5 (25)
6 (40)
0.063
Metabolic acidosis
23 (36.5)
12 (42.9)
8 (40)
3 (20)
0.827
Spontaneous bleeding
2 (3.2)
0 (0)
0 (0)
2 (13.3)
NA
Hypoglycemia
16 (25.4)
7 (25)
6 (30)
3 (20)
0.134
Hyperparasitemia
3 (4.8)
0 (0)
3 (15)
0 (0)
NA
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
1 (1.6)
1 (3.6)
0 (0)
0 (0)
NA
Pulmonary edema
12 (19)
5 (17.9)
4 (20)
3 (20)
0.498
Cerebral malaria (CM)
1 (1.6)
1 (3.6)
0 (0)
0 (0)
NA
Data represented as number of patents (percentage) and was compared between three infecting groups by using multinomial proportion test. P < 0.05 was considered to be significant.
