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Table 3 Participant characteristics at study enrollment in Machinga, Nkhotakota, and Karonga Districts, in Malawi, 2014, restricted to participants with parasitemia at enrollment <200,000 parasites/μL (n = 426)
| Characteristic | AL | ASAQ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (n = 321) | Site | Total (n = 105) | |||
| Machinga (n = 112) | Nkhotakota (n = 104) | Karonga (n = 105) | |||
| Age, months (median, range)*, † | 31 (6, 58) | 35 (7, 58) | 27 (6, 57) | 32 (6, 57) | 38 (9, 59) |
| Male, n (%)* | 170 (53) | 67 (59.8) | 46 (44) | 57 (54.3) | 43 (41) |
| Participant slept under ITN previous night, n (%)†, a | 258 (82.2) | 101 (91) | 64 (64) | 93 (90.3) | 85 (85) |
| Weight (kg) (mean, SD) | 11.3 (3.5) | 11.9 (3.1) | 11.3 (2.2) | 10.7 (4.8) | 11.6 (3.5) |
| Haemoglobin (g/dL) (mean, SD) | 9.7 (2.4) | 9.4 (3.2) | 9.7 (1.8) | 10.1 (1.6) | 9.9 (1.8) |
| Anaemia (Hb ≤ 11.0 g/dL)† | 250 (78) | 99 (88.4) | 78 (75) | 73 (70) | 79 (75.2) |
| Parasitaemia (parasites/μL) (geometric mean, range)b | 31,888 (1098, 198,789) | 25,700 (1100, 198,000) | 32,860 (1393, 198,789) | 40,135 (2066, 199,187) | 25,952 (1019, 197,701) |
