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Table 1 Demographics and baseline characteristics

From: Increased systemic exposures of artemether and dihydroartemisinin in infants under 5 kg with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria treated with artemether-lumefantrine (Coartem®)

Parameters

N = 20

Age (days)

 

 >28 days, n (%)

20 (100)

 Mean ± SD

99.1 ± 51.8

 Median

82.0

 Min-max

37-214

Sex, n (%)

 

 Female

10 (50)

Race, n (%)

 

 Black

20 (100)

Weight, (g)

 

 Mean ± SD

4,333.8 ± 733.8

 Median

4,765.0

 Min-max

2,570-4,925

Height, (cm)

 

 Mean ± SD

56.6 ± 4.1

 Median

56.0

 Min-max

48-65

Parasite species, n (%)

 

Plasmodium falciparum

20 (100)

Plasmodium ovale

1 (5)

 Others

0 (0)

Plasmodium falciparum asexual forms (/μL)

n = 20

 Mean ± SD

13,783.6 ± 19,214.5

 Median

7,273

 Min-max

1,014-84,147

Plasmodium falciparum density categories, n (%)

 

 1,000-5,000/μL

8 (40)

 >5,000

12 (60)

Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes (/μL)

n = 3

 Mean ± SD

606.7 ± 640.8

 Median

481

 Min-max

38-1,301

Body temperature (°C)

n = 20

 Mean ± SD

37.5 ± 0.9

 Median

37.2

 Min-max

36.0-39.0

  1. Max, maximum; Min, minimum; SD, standard deviation.