Table 1 Iron parameters and values of study participants.

From: Host iron status and iron supplementation mediate susceptibility to erythrocytic stage Plasmodium falciparum

Variable

Normal range

IDA ( N =7)

IDA+Fe ( N =6)

IR ( N =10)

IR after 1 month iron supplementation (IR+Fe; N =4)

IR after 2 months iron supplementation (IR+Fe; N =4)

White blood cell (x109 per l)

4.5–11.0

4.84 (1.78)

4.45 (1.15)

6.40 (1.61)

6.30 (1.41)

6.20 (1.12)

Red blood cell (× 1012 per l)

4.0–5.2

3.96 (0.60)

3.42 (0.35)

4.78 (0.52)

4.94 (0.52)

4.91 (0.39)

Haemoglobin (g dl−1)

12.0–16.0

8.20 (1.56)

8.73 (1.23)

14.60 (1.40)

14.90 (0.57)

14.63 (0.53)

Haematocrit (%)

36.0–46.0

28.13 (4.32)

29.11 (4.25)

42.80 (4.31)

43.85 (2.62)

42.88 (2.81)

Mean corpuscular volume (fL)

80.0–100.0

71.20 (6.63)

84.78 (8.28)

89.80 (2.74)

89.67 (4.24)

87.75 (2.50)

Mean corpuscular haemoglobin (Pg)

26.0–34.0

20.79 (2.54)

25.50 (2.35)

30.70 (0.95)

30.50 (2.12)

30.0 (1.83)

Mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (g dl−1)

31.0–37.0

29.20 (1.50)

30.27 (0.86)

34.20 (0.63)

34.50 (0.71)

34.25 (0.96)

Red cell distribution width (%)

12.0–15.0

17.41 (1.44)

18.13 (2.71)

13.22 (0.85)

13.90 (0.28)

13.20 (0.45)

Mean platelet volume (fL)

7.0–10.0

8.56 (1.05)

8.78 (0.65)

7.63 (0.54)

8.45 (0.92)

8.15 (0.52)

Platelet count (× 109 per l)

150.0–440.0

294.57 (59.70)

344.0 (168.63)

251.80 (36.70)

212.50 (89.80)

256.0 (79.31)

Iron total (mg dl−1)

35.0–165.0

21.60 (10.55)

32.0 (16.79)

103.60 (43.34)

105.75 (32.71)

87.50 (17.99)

Transferrin (mg dl−1)

200.0–380.0

343.60 (74.72)

305.20 (63.55)

264.30 (41.33)

275.0 (29.50)

276.75 (31.83)

Transferrin iron binding capacity (mg dl−1)

252.0–479.0

438.67 (92.08)

384.60 (80.29)

333.0 (52.20)

346.0 (37.43)

348.75 (40.07)

Transferrin saturation (%)

15.0–50.0

4.71 (3.15)

8.0 (7.45)

31.60 (13.04)

31.0 (9.49)

25.75 (7.63)

Ferritin (ng ml−1)

30.0–151.0

5.71 (2.75)

17.17 (25.44)

42.01 (24.28)

46.75 (38.75)

33.33 (18.45)

Reticulocyte (%)

0.5–2.7

1.42 (0.55)

3.52 (1.62)

1.48 (0.48)

2.40 (0.71)

1.40 (0.38)

  1. IDA, iron deficiency anaemia; IDA+Fe, iron deficiency anaemia on iron supplementation; IR, iron replete.
  2. Tests were performed by McClendon Clinical Laboratory on samples taken from each donor at the same time points that blood samples were drawn for experiments. Values in the Normal Range column are the normal or healthy range for each parameter as defined by the McClendon Clinical Laboratory. Numerical values reflect the mean value of all individuals in each group and values in parentheses indicate standard deviation.
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