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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants stratified by age and sex, Bahir Dar district, March to July 2012

From: Assessment of therapeutic efficacy and safety of artemether-lumefantrine (Coartem®) in the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria patients in Bahir Dar district, Northwest Ethiopia: an observational cohort study

Age group in yrs, (n)

Sex

Mean weight (kg)

Average body temp. (°C)

Mean Hgb (g/dl)

Geo. mean of parasitic load (/μl)

5–14 (42)

M

25

19.44

38.56

9.65

4959.15

F

17

21.03

38.41

10.6

7313.63

15–24 (29)

M

14

44.65

38.67

7.4

6082.76

F

15

36.72

38.41

10.71

4830.22

25–34 (29)

M

22

53.47

38.73

10.9

6983.98

F

7

51.57

38.97

10.74

10,606.5

35–44 (16)

M

9

62.56

38.71

11.81

7502.47

F

7

51.29

38.44

11.2

10,477.14

45–54 (11)

M

6

62.07

39.05

12.48

7420

F

5

48.40

39.12

11.88

14,960

55–64 (3)

M

2

50.10

38.3

9.35

10,950.34

F

1

47

38.4

13.4

12,017.07

  1. The mean weight and auxiliary temperature among 130 participants at day 0 were 40.31 kg and 38.64 ± 0.18 °C, respectively. The average geometric mean of parasitic load and mean of haemoglobin value at day 0 were 8675.27 parasites/μL and 10.84 g/dl, respectively