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Table 1 Demographics characteristics baseline of patients included

From: Multicentre study evaluating the non-inferiority of the new paediatric formulation of artesunate/amodiaquine versus artemether/lumefantrine for the management of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children in Cameroon, Ivory Coast and Senegal

Parameters

AS-AQ

AL

p value

Age (median, range)

4 (1 – 7 years)

5 (1 – 7 years)

0.22

Sex ratio (M/F)

1.2

0.9

0.27

Weight mean (kg)

15.5 ± 6.4

16.5 ± 3.7

0.24

Axillary temperature mean (°C)

38.8 ± 0.8

38.7 ± 0.8

0.99

Parasite density Geometric mean (P/μl)

11952

13212

0.32

  1. ± standard deviation.