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Table 1 Characteristics of both studied cohorts: Gabon and India. Clinical group description, according to the number of patients, age, sex and parasitaemia.

From: Total and functional parasite specific IgE responses in Plasmodium falciparum-infected patients exhibiting different clinical status

 

Clinical Groups

Staff

Age-mean (min-max)

Sex (male-female)

Parasitemia (%)

Gabon

EC

17

2,7 (0,5–5)

10-7

-

 

AI

22

2,9 (0,1–5)

12-10

0.22 (0.01–1.2)

 

UM

50

3 (0,5–5)

22–28

6.88 (0.05–48.6)

 

SM

29

1,8 (0,2–4,5)

18-11

5.91 (0.08–31)

 

CM

17

2,4 (0,5–5)

12-5

10.42 (0.15–64)

 

Total

145

2,6 (0,1–5)

74-61

 

Índia

NEC

9

32,7 (25–63)

8-1

-

 

EC

14

27,3 (23–37)

13-1

-

 

UM

31

30,8 (4–70)

18-13

1,24 (0,71–2,18)

 

SM

13

30,4 (8–65)

10-3

1,11 (0,38–3,21)

 

CM

26

40,4 (9–72)

16-10

2,04 (1,07–3,87)

 

ExCM

5

19,36 (7–51)

0–5

-

 

Total

93

32,3 (4–72)

65-28

1,50 (1,02–2,20)

  1. NEC- non endemic control, EC- endemic control, AI- asymptomatic infected, UM – uncomplicated malaria, SM – severe malaria (non-cerebral), CM – cerebral malaria, ExCM – Ex-cerebral malaria. Note: sex couldn't be determined for 1/18, 11/61 and 4/33 patients from EC, UM and SM, respectively.