Table 1 Demographic and clinical data and serum calcium levels of diarrheic patients in Gondar, Ethiopia
From: HIV associated hypocalcaemia among diarrheic patients in northwest Ethiopia: a cross sectional study
Parameters | Serum calcium level | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Normocalcemia N = 64 (31.1%) | Hypocalcaemia N = 128 (62.1%) | Hypercalcemia N = 14 (6.8%) | Total N = 206 | Mean ± SD calcium | P value* |
Age (years) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.009 |
15-24 | 23(35.9) | 22(17.2) | 7(25.2) | 52(25.2) | 8.72 ± 1.83 | |
25-34 | 20(31.2) | 61(47.7) | 3(21.4) | 84(40.8) | 7.77 ± 1.55 | |
35-44 | 15(23.4) | 28(21.9) | 3(21.4) | 46(22.3) | 8.05 ± 1.52 | |
> = 45 | 6(9.4) | 17(13.3) | 1(7.1) | 24(11.7) | 7.84 ± 1.41 | |
Sex | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.044 |
Male | 42(65.6) | 73(57) | 12(85.7) | 127(61.7) | 8.26 ± 1.65 | |
Female | 22(34.4) | 55(43) | 2(14.3) | 79(38.3) | 7.79 ± 1.60 | |
Shigellosis | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.857 |
Yes | 4(6.) | 11(8.6) | 3(21.4) | 18(8.7) | 8.15 ± 2.15 | |
No | 60(93.8) | 117(91.4) | 11(78.6) | 188(91.3) | 8.08 ± 1.59 | |
Intestinal parasitoses | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.672 |
Yes | 22(34.4) | 40(31.2) | 4(28.6) | 66(32) | 8.01 ± 1.90 | |
No | 42(65.6) | 88(68.8) | 10(71.4) | 140(68) | 8.12 ± 1.51 | |
HIV serostatus | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.015 |
Yes | 24(37.5) | 81(63.3) | 4(28.6) | 109(52.9) | 7.82 ± 1.23 | |
No | 40(62.5) | 47(36.7) | 10(71.4) | 97(47.1) | 8.38 ± 1.97 | |