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Table 1 Demographic and hematological parameters of malaria-naïve donors and P. vivax -infected donors (mean ± SD)

From: Phenotypic profiling of CD8+ T cells during Plasmodium vivax blood-stage infection

Parameters

Value for group

P value*

Malaria-naïve donors

P. vivax-infected donors

(n = 11)

(n = 20)

Age (years)

29.6 (23–36)

37.1 (19–72)

 

Gender

   

Male

9

15

 

Female

3

5

 

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

14.28 ± 1.76

13.52 ± 1.21

0.138

Hematocrit (%)

44.00 ± 4.67

38.39 ± 3.16

0.0006

RBCs (cells/mm3)

4980000 ± 580000

4630000 ± 510000

0.138

WBCs (cells/mm3)

7958 ± 2700

5900 ± 2235

0.014

Lymphocytes (cells/mm3)

2306 ± 861.4

1583 ± 1558

0.002

CD8+

842.4 ± 320.1

352.8 ± 205.2

<0.0001

Monocytes (cells/mm3)

154.3 ± 120.8

298.7 ± 183.3

0.018

Granulocytes

5293 ± 2409

3686 ± 1064

0.049

Eosinophils (cells/mm3)

225.7 ± 98.75

115.2 ± 80.76

0.002

Platelets (cells/mm3)

233300 ± 78170

124100 ± 55550

0.0001

  1. *Statistical differences determined by unpaired t-test. In bold significant P-values.