Table 1 Patient's baseline characteristics overall and by year of enrolment
year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2000–05 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Enrolled | N | 214 | 302 | 117 | 98 | 79 | 156 | 966 |
Sex ratio | F/M | 0.6 | 0.92 | 0.75 | 0.69 | 1.03 | 0.7 | 0.77 |
Age (years) | mean | 12.8 | 12.9 | 14 | 16.8 | 15.7 | 14 | 13.8 |
std | 9.5 | 10.5 | 11.6 | 14.8 | 9.8 | 11.9 | 11.2 | |
Body weight (kg) | mean | 31.9 | 31 | 33.3 | 38 | 38.9 | 33.8 | 33.3 |
std | 15.8 | 16.3 | 18 | 20.4 | 16.6 | 17.8 | 17.3 | |
Parasites/μL | geomean | 32866 | 48098 | 24775 | 24394 | 39679 | 17408 | 31850 |
std | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 4.2 | |
Body temp. (°C) | mean | 38.1 | 38.7 | 38.6 | 38.6 | 37.8 | 38.3 | 38.4 |
std | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 | |
AQ dose (mg/d) | mean | 333 | 320 | 351 | 414 | 437 | 399 | 359 |
std | 156 | 152 | 178 | 242 | 170 | 189 | 179 | |
AS dose (mg/d) | mean | 128 | 124 | 134 | 140 | 155 | 130 | 131 |
std | 64 | 65 | 71 | 73 | 59 | 62 | 66 |