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Table 2 Demographics and epidemiology

From: Imported falciparum malaria among adults requiring intensive care: analysis of the literature

Study

Male

Median age (Median + IQR, or Mean ± SD)

Semi immunea

Acquired in Africa

Adequate chemoprophylaxis

Badiaga

73%

45 (IQR 29-55)

17%

100%

5%

Blumberg

61%

38 (IQR 30-48 · 5)

Not reported

100%

Not reported

Bruneel 2003 [5]

63%

38 (no IQR available, range 14-74),

49%

94%

4%

Bruneel 2010 [6]

70%

42 · 8 ± 15b + 55 · 6 ± 14 · 2c

40%

96%

16%

Gachot

58%

39 · 2 ± 3 · 7d + 38 · 3 ± 0 · 2e

35%

95%

Not reported

Gonzalez

75%

44 (No IQR available, range 16-68)

0%

95%

0%

Khoo

89%

38 (IQR 29 · 5 – 50 · 5)

Not reported

21%

0%

Marks

63%

46 (IQR 35-55)

45%

94%

1%

Nüesch

83%

42 (IQR 37 · 5-51)

Not reported

Not reported

9%

Salord

74%

37 (IQR 28 · 5-42 · 5)

Not reported

95%

0%

Santos

80%

42 (IQR 33-50)

51%

95%

2%

Schwake

72%

38 · 4 ± 11 · 4f

28%

88%

20%

Thierfelder

50%

38 (no IQR available, range 16-71)g

49%

82%

Not reported

  1. aDefinitions of Semi-Immune provided in Additional file 1.
  2. bSurvivors cNon-Survivors.
  3. dPatients with Acute Lung Injury ePatients without Acute Lung Injury.
  4. fNot all patients in the study were admitted to ICU - Demographic data for only those patients admitted to ICU was not available.
  5. gNot all patients in the study were admitted to ICU - Demographic data for only those patients admitted to ICU was not available. Individual patient data were not available therefore it was not possible to exclude the paediatric cases from these figures.