Table 4 Mean difference in parasite count from capillary and venous blood samples among malaria suspecte patients attending Hamusite Health center, northwest Ethiopia from February to March 2020
Parasite stages | Comparison | MD | SD | SE | 95% CI of MD | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Asexual stages | Capillary Blood BC vs Capillary BF | 2819.57 | 2659.08 | 775.73 | 1258.11–4381.04 | 0.001 |
Capillary Blood BC vs venous BF | 4354.63 | 2863.39 | 894.37 | 2547.04–6162.23 | 0.000 | |
Capillary Blood BC vs venous Blood BC | 2478.14 | 2227.82 | 679.48 | 1106.90–3849.38 | 0.001 | |
Capillary BF vs venous BF | 1277.50 | 870.4 | 275.25 | 720.77–1834.24 | 0.000 | |
venous Blood BC vs venous BF | 1832.68 | 1559.83 | 487.21 | 847.10–2817.37 | 0.001 | |
Gametocytes | Capillary Blood BC vs Capillary BF | 2978.33 | 2418.87 | 1249.10 | 299.29–5657.38 | 0.032 |
Capillary Blood BC vs venous BF | 2695.00 | 2788.2 | 1546.62 | − 674.79-6064.79 | 0.107 | |
Capillary Blood BC vs venous BC | 2059.00 | 1181.37 | 610.06 | 750.56–3367.44 | 0.005 | |
Capillary BF vs venous BF | 615.71 | 509.27 | 272.22 | 27.63–1203.80 | 0.041 | |
venous Blood BC vs venous BF | 1586.43 | 1582.07 | 845.65 | − 240.49-3413.35 | 0.083 |