HPE +ve
(n=49)
HPE –ve
(n=31)
Crush +ve 40
(81.6%)
0
Crush –ve 9
(18.4%)
31
(100%)
P value (Yates χ2)=<0.0005; Yates χ2 =47.4
Table 2: Crush smear results in HPE +ve cases.