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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of falciparum malaria patients on the China-Myanmar border, Yunnan Province, China

From: In vivo monitoring of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine sensitivity in Plasmodium falciparum along the China-Myanmar border of Yunnan Province, China from 2007 to 2013

 

2007 (n = 38)

2009 (n = 71)

2010 (n = 27)

2011 (n = 17)

2012 (n = 63)

2013 (n = 27)

Total (n = 243)

Sex

       

Male (%)

19 (50)

32 (45.1)

21 (77.8)

17 (100)

44 (69.8)

20 (74.1)

153 (63.0)

Female (%)

19 (50)

39 (54.9)

6 (22.2)

0

19 (30.2)

7 (25.9)

90 (37.0)

Nationality

       

Chinese (%)

1(2.6)

10 (14.1)

3 (11.1)

17 (100)

21 (33.3)

13 (48.1)

65 (26.7)

Burmese (%)

37 (97.4)

61 (85.9)

24 (88.9)

0

42 (66.7)

14 (51.9)

178 (72.3)

Age (years)

       

Mean (± SD)

16.3 (9.2)

25.0 (3.8)

26.3 (4.2)

33.6 (1.2)

26.1 (8.3)

28.0 (9.6)

25.9 (6.8)

Range

2–60

7–56

2–49

19–48

4–60

2–56

2–60

Body temperature (°C)

       

Mean (± SD)

38.3 (0.7)

38.5 (0.6)

38.3 (0.5)

39.3 (0.3)

38.8 (0.9)

38.7 (0.8)

38.6 (0.7)

Rang

37–40.5

37.2–39.4

36.8–40.4

38.0–40.0

36.1–40.4

37.8–39.7

36.1–39.7

Parasite count (per ul)

       

Geometric mean

11100

11257

73784

38776

24257

24886

30678

Range (per μl)

760–37120

500–45200

540–821700

5129–119657

596–167132

524–162960

596–821700