Hematological picture of pediatric Sudanese patients with visceral leishmaniasis and prediction of leishmania donovani parasite load

Table 1 Background characteristics and peripheral hematological findings in visceral leishmaniasis pediatric patients

Characteristic	Subcategory	Count	%
Background characteristics
Age group	Birth to 1 year	11	10.3
	1 to 5 years	48	44.9
	5 to 10 years	23	21.5
	10 to 18 years	25	23.4
Sex	Male	76	71.0
	Female	31	29.0
Area of the disease acquisition	Traveling to an endemic area	17	15.9
	Residence in endemic area	90	84.1
Peripheral hematological parameter
Peripheral hematological changes hemoglobin	Less than 5 mg/dL	30	28.0
	5 to 10 mg/dL	68	63.6
	More than 10 mg/dL	9	8.4
Peripheral hematological changes platelet	Less than 50 × 103/µL	42	39.3
	50 to 100 × 103/µL	57	53.3
	100 to 150 × 103/µL	7	6.5
	More than 150 × 103/µL	1	0.9
Peripheral hematological changes white blood cells	Less than 2 × 103/µL	26	24.3
	2 to 4 × 103/µL	64	59.8
	4 to 10 × 103/µL	15	14.0
	More than 10 × 103/µL	2	1.9