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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study participants of efficacy of AL study among Malawian children

From: Monitoring the efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Malawian children

Characteristic

Study population 1

Sex

 

Female

50.3% (162/322)

Male

49.6% (160/322)

Age (months)2

27.6 (14.3)

Weight (kg) 2

11.4 (2.7)

Height (cm)2

74.9 (22.6)

Temperature °C3

38.5 (1.2)

Parasitaemia median (IQR) 4

33,080 (12,810 – 76,980)

Gametocyte carriage

2.1% (7/322)

  1. Notes: 1n = 322; 2Mean (standard deviation); 3At enrolment into the study mean (standard deviation); 4Median (Inter-quartile range)Per micro mil at enrolment.