Therapeutic efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine combination in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria among children under five years of age in three ecological zones in Ghana

Malaria Journal

Table 1 Demographic, clinical, parasitological, and haematological characteristics of patients on day of enrolment

Characteristic	Total (N = 175)	Ecological zone			p-value
		Savannah n = 56	Forest n = 78	Coastal n = 41
Male/Female	85/90	30/26	39/39	16/25	0.346
Median age in months (range)	32 (6 – 59)	35 (9 – 55)	33 (6 – 59)	24 (7 – 59)	0.077
Mean axillary temperature in°C (95% CI)	38.0 (37.5, 38.4)	38.0 (37.7, 38.2)	38.5 (38.3, 38.7)	37.0 (35.1, 38.9)	0.039
GM Parasite count/μl ^a (range)	35009 (1240, 233608)	22775 (1240, 198440)	40983 (1423, 197080)	46669 (6647, 233608)	0.115
Mean Haemoglobin level in g/dl (95% CI)	10.0 (9.2, 10.7)	9.4 (8.9, 9.9)	10.3 (8.7, 12.0)	10.1 (9.6, 10.5)	0.557