Liver Function and Lipid Profiles in Malaria Patients from Western Ethiopia

Featuring clinical data from 151 adult malaria patients in the Benishangul Gumuz region of Western Ethiopia. It was collected by Nigus Checkole from December 2021 to March 2022, focusing on liver function parameters and lipid profiles across different degrees of malaria parasitemia.

Use Cases

• Analyze the correlation between malaria parasitemia degree and specific liver function parameters.
• Compare lipid profile measurements across different patient groups based on parasitemia severity.
• Investigate potential relationships between liver function parameters and lipid profile components in malaria-infected adults.

Strengths

• Contains data from 151 adult patients, providing a specific sample size for analysis.
• Includes clinically relevant measurements for liver function and lipid profiles.
• Data collection is temporally bounded from December 2021 to March 2022.

Limitations

• The dataset is small at 9.5 KB, indicating limited scope and sample size.
• Geographic scope is restricted to a single town in Western Ethiopia, limiting generalizability.
• The specific columns and data structure are unknown, complicating direct analysis.

Provenance

Source

Nigus Checkole via figshare.

Collection Method

Clinical data collection from public health institutions in Assosa town.

Time Range

December 23, 2021 to March 4, 2022.

Freshness

Last updated in March 2026, though the underlying data collection ended in March 2022.

Geography

Benishangul Gumuz region, Assosa town, Western Ethiopia.