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Table 5 Routine laboratory findings of confirmed cases at the time of hospital admission to hospitals

From: Clinical characteristics of the autumn-winter type scrub typhus cases in south of Shandong province, northern China

Findings

Median

(IQR)

Present study

N = 478 (%)

Other study [28]

N = 274 (%)

P-value

WBC counts (109/L)

6.7 (5.4–9.3)

   

   Increase (> 10.0)

 

50 (10.5%)

90 (32.9)

<0.001a

   Normal (4.0–10.0)

 

424 (88.7%)

110 (40.1)

 

   Decrease (< 4.0)

 

4 (0.8%)

74 (27.0)

 

PLT counts(109/L)

143 (120–206)

   

   Increase (>300)

 

52 (10.9%)

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<0.001a

   Normal (100–300)

 

404 (84.5%)

134 (48.9)*

 

   Decrease (<100)

 

22 (4.6%)

140 (51.1)

 

RBC counts (1012/L)

5.1 (4.4–5.3)

   

   Increase (>5.5)

 

40 (8.4%)

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   Normal (3.5–5.5)

 

429 (89.7%)

  

   Decrease (<3.5)

 

9 (1.9%)

  

HGB (g/L)

149 (119–151)

   

   Increase (>160)

 

58 (12.2%)

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   Normal (110–160)

 

329 (68.8%)

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   Decrease (<110)

 

91 (19.0%)

  

HCT (L/L)

0.4 (0.3–0.5)

   

   Increase (>0.50)

 

72 (15.1%)

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   Normal (0.4–0.50)

 

210 (43.9%)

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   Decrease (<0.4)

 

196 (41.0%)

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  1. * The number included cases with increased and normal PLT counts (They were not differentiated in the report).
  2. a – Chi-square test.