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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of participants enrolled in the 2017–2018 therapeutic efficacy study, Burkina Faso

From: Anti-malarial efficacy and resistance monitoring of artemether-lumefantrine and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine shows inadequate efficacy in children in Burkina Faso, 2017–2018

 

Niangoloko

Nanoro

Gourcy

AL

DP

AL

DP

AL

DP

Screened

375

335

324

Included in analysis (%)

116

118

117

113

120

118

Age in months. mean (SD)

33.6 (13.2)

33.6 (13.2)

33.6 (13.2)

31.2 (12.0)

34.8 (12.0)

34.8 (12.0)

Sex (male) n (%)

58 (50)

68 (57.6)

57 (48.7)

61 (53.0)

59 (49.2)

62 (52.5)

Weight (kg). mean (SD)

12.0 (2.7)

12.1 (2.7)

11.6 (2.0)

11.2 (2.2)

11.8 (2.2)

11.7 (2.3)

Temperature in °C, mean (SD)

38.3 (1.0)

38.3 (1.0)

38.2 (1.1)

38.1 (1.1)

38.1 (1.2)

38.2 (1.0)

Parasitaemia day 0a

36,594

36,571

48,891

42,393

42,116

33,536

Hemoglobin in g/dl. mean (SD)

10.2 (1.7)

10.0 (2.9)

9.9 (1.7)

10.1 (1.6)

10.0 (1.5)

9.9 (1.6)

  1. AL artemether lumefantrine, DP dihydroartemisinin piperaquine, SD standard deviation
  2. ageometric mean parasite density (asexual parasites/µl)