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Table 1 Pre-enrolment characteristics of 183 children involved in the study (per protocol population).

From: Early variations in plasmodium falciparum dynamics in Nigerian children after treatment with two artemisinin-based combinations: implications on delayed parasite clearance

Variable

AL

(N = 93)

AA

(N = 90)

Male:female

45:48

43:47

Age (yr)

6.3 ± 2.5

6.8 ± 2.6

95% CI

5.95 - 7.38

5.89 - 7.38

Duration of illness (d)

2.7 ± 1.5

2.5 ± 1.1

95% CI

2.32 - 2.16

2.21 - 2.87

Weight (kg)

18.2 ± 5.3

18.9 ± 4.6

95% CI

17.52 - 20.52

17.7 - 20.26

Temperature°C

38.4 ± 1.2

38.2 ± 1.2

95% CI

38.05 - 38.77

37.96 - 38.64

Hematocrit (%)

32.6 ± 3.4

32.5 ± 3.9

95% CI

31.88 - 33.80

31.28 - 33.60

GMPD (/μl of blood)

78195

69288

Range

2837 - 1105263

2791 - 1125000

  1. AL = artemether-lumefanthrine; AA = artesunate-amodiaquine
  2. GMPD = geometric mean parasite density; SD = standard deviation
  3. d = days; *values are given as mean ± SD.
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Malaria Journal

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