Table 1 Baseline characteristics of all episodes of uncomplicated falciparum malaria treated with AL

Number of episodes

992

901

721

444

Patient age in months, mean (SD)

16.0 (5.1)

16.1 (5.1)

16.9 (4.8)^b

17.8 (4.5)^b

Female gender, n (%)

428 (43.2%)

407 (45.2%)

344 (47.7%)

211 (47.5%)

Urban residence, n (%)

13 (1.3%)

26 (2.9%)

14 (1.9%)

18 (4.1%)

Household wealth index, n (%)

  Lowest tertile

319 (32.2%)

284 (31.5%)

308 (42.7%)^b

176 (39.6%)^b

  Middle tertile

381 (38.4%)

347 (38.5%)

236 (32.7%)

149 (33.6%)

  Highest tertile

292 (29.4%)

270 (30.0%)

177 (24.6%)

119 (26.8%)

HIV-exposed^a, n (%)

235 (23.7%)

179 (19.9%)

114 (15.8%)

81 (18.2%)

Temperature °C, mean (SD)

38.0 (1.0)

37.9 (1.0)

37.9 (1.0)

37.9 (1.0)

Parasite density per μL, geometric mean

16321

15257

11702^b

16841

Gametocytes present, n (%)

41 (4.1%)

34 (3.8%)

48 (6.7%)^b

11 (2.5%)

Haemoglobin g/dL, mean (SD)

9.7 (1.3)

9.6 (1.4)

9.8 (1.3)

9.9 (1.2)

Days since last dose of chemopreventive drug assigned, median (IQR)

N/A

17 (10–24)

1 (1–1)

16 (8–23)

Proportion of prior dose of chemopreventive drug reported taken

N/A

95.5%

98.6%

96.0%