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Table 1 Characteristics of uncomplicated P. vivax malaria patients and healthy controls enrolled in the study

From: Uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax malaria: mapping the proteome from circulating platelets

Complete blood cells count

PV*

(n = 48)

HC*

(n = 25)

p- valuea

Median

IQR

Median

IQR

PLTs 103/µL

133.0

95.5–166.3

246

203.0–277.5

 < 0.0001

MPV (fL)

9.2

8.4–9.7

9.5

8.55–9.6

0.2753

PDW (Ratio)

18.1

16.9–19.5

16.8

16.2–17

 < 0.0001

PCT (%)

0.1

0.08–0.14

0.218

0.192–0.264

 < 0.0001

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

12.9

11.1–13.9

13.2

12.05–14.5

0.0972

Hematocrit (%)

38.4

33.5–42.3

39.7

35.9–43

0.1177

Age (years)

23

15–41

33

25–44

0.0057

  1. *All subjects enrolled in the study include those from the proteomic cohort
  2. IQR interquartile, MPV media PLT volume, PDW PLT distribution width, PCT plateletcrit, PV P. vivax patients. HC healthy controls
  3. aMann–Whitney U-test, significantly different to healthy controls (p < 0.05) shown in bold