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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of all study patients and parasitological characteristics of slide-positive participants attending Gerihun community health centre in Bo district, Sierra Leone, Africa, 2008

From: Assessment of two malaria rapid diagnostic tests in children under five years of age, with follow-up of false-positive pLDH test results, in a hyperendemic falciparum malaria area, Sierra Leone

Baseline characteristics (N = 343)

 

Age:

 

   Mean, median in months (IQR#)

23,20 (9-36)

   Range in months (Minimum, Maximum)

2,58

   2 - 23 months (%)

252 (73.4%)

   24 - 59 months (%)

91 (26.6%)

Gender ratio (male/female)

1.1 (177/166)

Median weight in kg (IQR#)

9.5 (7.8-11.8)

Median temperature on day 0 (IQR#)

37.8 (37.6-38.4)

Temperature > 37.5° C on day 0 (%, n/N)

75.2 (258/343)

Parasitological characteristics (N = 169)

 

Asexual parasitaemia density range (parasites/μl)

1 - 2136000

Median of asexual parasitaemia density (parasites/μl)

264000

Inter-quartile parasitaemia density range (parasites/μl)

2620-79921

Gametocyte carriage for Plasmodium falciparum (n, %)

17, 10.1%

   Median number of gametocyte density† (IQR#)

3 (2-13)

  1. # IQR: inter-quartile range
  2. † Number of gametocytes per 1000 white blood cells