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

From: 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

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

  1. a Geometric mean parasite count.