Table 1 Summary of demographic, clinical and laboratory parameters in subjects with malaria and subjects with other febrile illness

Sex

M: 353 (65%), F: 189 (35%)

M: 53 (58%), F: 38 (42%)

Ethnicity

AS: 191 (35%), AF: 273 (50%), C: 78 (14%)

AS: 53 (59%), AF: 4 (4%), C: 33 (37%)^a

Age

35 [26–47]

35 [28–48]

Temperature (°C)

38.0 [37.2–39.0]

37.7 [36.3–40.0]

Hemoglobin (G/Dl)

12.9 [11.4–14.3]^b

13.3 [12.1–14.5]

Wbc (× 10⁹/L)

5.4 [4.4–6.6]

9.6 [6.4–13.1]

Platelet (× 10⁹/L)

102 [65–153]^c

253 [192–334]

Corrected calcium (Mmol/L)

2.23 [2.16–2.30]^d

2.37 [2.32–2.44]

Phosphate (Mmol/L)

0.88 [0.58–1.12]

0.89 [0.73–1.02]

Sodium (Mmol/L)

137 [134–139]

136 [133–138]^a

Potassium (Mmol/L)

3.9 [3.6–4.2]

4.1 [3.9–4.4]

Creatinine (Mmol/L)

96 [82–110]

76 [67–87]