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Table 1 Clinical and laboratory characteristics of RDT positive compared to RDT-negative children at enrolment into the study

From: Treatment guided by rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in Tanzanian children: safety and alternative bacterial diagnoses

 

RDT-Positive, n = 158

RDT-Negative, n = 807

p*

Age in months, median(mean)

26 (28)

16 (20)

< 0.001

Days ill, median(mean)

3 (3.8)

3 (3.3)

0.002

Haemoglobin g/dl, median(mean)

9.7 (9.6)

10.5 (10.4)

< 0.001

Resp. rate/min, median (mean)

48 (46.3)

48 (47.4)

0.16

WHO criteria of pneumonia, n (%)†

48 (30.4%)

417 (51.6%)

< 0.001

Diarrhoea or vomiting, n (%)

40 (25.3%)

155 (19.2%)

0.079

Axillary temperature, °C, median(mean)

38.1 (38.1)

37.4 (37.5)

< 0.001

Blood lactate, mmol/L, median(mean)

2.2 (2.5)

1.8 (2.0)

< 0.001

  1. *Wilcoxon rank-sum test for continuous variables or chi-square test for proportions
  2. † Cough or difficulty in breathing plus raised respiratory rate for age (> 40 breaths/min 12-59 months, > 50 breaths per minute 2-11 months of age)
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Malaria Journal

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