Table 1 Patient characteristics

Persistent malaria

Recent malaria

No malaria

Persistent malaria

Recent malaria

Number of patients

16

15

17

8

39

Age¹ (years)

2 (1–12)

4 (0.5–10)

2 (0.5–12)

5.8 (1.5–10)

5.8 (1–12)

Temperature on admission¹ (°C)

37.0 (36.0–38.5)

38.0 (36.7–38.6)

37.5 (36.6–39.5)

37.2 (36.8–38.8)

38.2 (36.0–40.0)

Sex (boys:girls)

12:4

7:8

10:7

5:3

23:15

Haemoglobin¹ (g/dl)

3.4 (2.1–10.2)

4.4 (1.6–11.6)

9.8 (1.5–11.8)

6.6 (4.7–10.5)

9.2 (5.2–12.0)

TNF-α (pg/ml)²

16.2 (6.9–38.0)

13.5 (6.5–27.5)

5.4 (1.2–23.4)

6.2 (0.6–63.1)

8.7 (5.5–13.5)

IL-10 (pg/ml)²

56.2 (15.8–208.2)

29.5 (7.8–112.2)

3.0 (0.9–9.8)

8.9 (3.6–21.9)

8.3 (5.8–11.7)

IL-10/TNF-α²

1.9 (1.0–3.6)

1.4 (0.4–5.6)

1.0 (0.5–2.3)

1.7 (0.1–46.8)

1.0 (0.5–2.0)