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Table 2 Serum levels of calcium (mg/dl) in diarrheic patients with HIV and without HIV versus shigellosis and intestinal parasitoses in Gondar, Ethiopia

From: HIV associated hypocalcaemia among diarrheic patients in northwest Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

 

HIV (N = 76)

HIV/shigellosis/IP (N = 33)

Shigellosis/IP only (N = 47)

Negative for allb(N = 50)

Mean ± SD*

7.76 ± 1.29

7.96 ± 1.09

8.06 ± 2.40

8.67 ± 1.42

Median (Range)

7.62(4.62-11.99)

8.03(6.26-10.68)

8.3(0.19-12.28)

8.58(3.16-12.08)

Cut-off value no (%)

<8.5mg/dl a

57(75)

24(72.7)

25(53.2)

22(44)

 

8.5-10.5mg/dl

16(21.1)

8(24.2)

16(34)

24(48)

 

>10.5mg/dl

3(4)

1(3.1)

6(12.8)

4(8)

  1. aCutoffs according to [25].
  2. bNegative for HIV, Shigellosis and intestinal parasitoses.
  3. IP = Intestinal Parasitoses, HIV = human immunodeficiency virus, SD = standard deviation, N = number.
  4. *P = 0.021 using one way ANOVA.
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