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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of enrolled patients, all patients (A) and stratified by age group (B, under five years and over five years)

From: Open-label trial with artemether-lumefantrine against uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria three years after its broad introduction in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia

A

   

Baseline characteristics

n = 348

95% CI

range

Mean age (years)

17.1

15.7-18.5

1-81

Female (%)

40.2

35.0-45.4

-

Mean temperature (°C)

38.1

38.0-38.2

35.6-40.6

Geometric mean parasite density

9,720

8,760-10,785

1,000-99,932

Gametocytes present (%)

9.5

6.4-12.6

-

GM gametocyte density

1,305

899-1,894

40-6,798

B

<5 years

>5 years

Baseline characteristics

n = 64

95% CI

n = 284

95% CI

Mean age (years)

3.3

2.9-3.6

20.2

18.7-21.7

Female (%)

46.9

34.3-59.4

38.7

33.0-44.4

Mean temperature (°C)

38.2

38.0-38.5

38.0

37.9-38.1

Geometric mean parasite density

12,046

9,029-16,0731

9,262

8,299-10,336

Gametocytes present (%)

9.4

2.0-16.7

9.5

6.1-13.0

GM gametocyte density

435

82-2,3202

1,666

1,250-2,221

  1. 1 Student’s t-test, P = 0.004 for a difference in means between the two age groups.
  2. 2 Wilcoxon rank sum test, P = 0.036 for a difference in means between the two age groups.