Table 1 Baseline clinical examination results prior to study drug distribution (children 1–36 months at baseline)
Characteristic | Arm AZ, N = 360 | Arm PL, N = 378 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
n | n | |||
Age in months (mean (SD)) | 360 | 19.2 (11.0) | 378 | 20.3 (11.0) |
% Female | 174 | 48.3 | 186 | 49.2 |
% Child has fever | 28 | 7.8 | 23 | 6.1 |
% Child has had fever in the last 3 days | 52 | 14.5 | 60 | 16.0 |
% Child is taken malaria medication | 18 | 5.0 | 15 | 4.0 |
% Child is RDT positive | 63 | 17.6 | 58 | 15.5 |
% Clinical malariaa | 22 | 6.1 | 16 | 4.3 |
% Clinical malaria or taken malaria medication | 33 | 9.2 | 25 | 6.7 |