Antierythropoietin Antibody Production Is Not Associated with Malaria and Malaria-Related Anaemia in Humans

Table 3

Haematological and immunological parameters among participants with malaria stratified by anaemic status.

Variables	Non-anaemic; 23(40.4%)	Anaemic; 34(59.6% )	p- value
Mean Age ±SD (years)	6.04 ± 2.25	3.74 ± 2.09	<0.0001
Parasite density (par/uL of blood)	45142 (4320- 116919)	78394 (16168- 179234)	0.222
EPO concentration (pg/ml)	52.65 (37.52- 73.52)	70.95 (53.18-101.66)	0.032
Anti- EPO antibodies			1.000
Positive	1(1.8)	1(1.8)
Negative	22(38.6)	33(57.8)

Fisher exact test was performed to test for association between categorical variables. Independent t-test and Mann-Whitney U test were used to test for significance of differences between parametric and nonparametric variables, respectively. A p-value < 0.05 was considered significant ( values of significant variables are in bold print).