Table 1.

Patient Demographics and Baseline Characteristics

Characteristic	Patients by Treatment Group, No. (%)a
	Burkina Faso			Ghana			Uganda			All 3 Countries
	Total	Intervention	Control	Total	Intervention	Control	Total	Intervention	Control	Total	Intervention	Control
Total enrolled	1718 (36.4)	856 (49.8)	862 (50.2)	1512 (32.19)	761 (50.3)	751 (48.7)	1485 (31.5)	703 (47.3)	782 (52.7)	4715	2320 (49.2)	2395 (50.8)
Sex ratio, % male:% female	48.9:51.1	48.5:51.5	49.3:50.7	46.5:53.5	47.6:52.4	45.4:54.6	47.1:52.9	47.5:52.5	46.8:53.2	49.4:50.6	49.4:50.6	49.4:50.6
Age, median (IQR), y	2.8 (1.5–4.7)	2.8 (1.5–4.6)	2.8 (1.4–4.8)	2 (1–4)	2 (1–4)	2 (1–4)	5 (2.1­–8)	4 (2.4–8)	5 (2–8)	3 (1.5–6)	3 (1.5–6)	3 (1.5–6)
Age group, y
<5	1302 (75.8)	653 (76.3)	649 (75.3)	1154 (76.3)	584 (76.7)	570 (76.0)	741 (30.9)	364/1189 (30.6)	377/1211 (31.1)	3197 (56.8)	1601/2806 (57.1)	1596/2824 (56.5)
5 to <10	305 (17.8)	146 (17.0)	159 (18.4)	243 (16.1)	118 (15.5)	125 (16.6)	432 (18.0)	196/1189 (16.5)	236/1211 (19.5)	980 (17.4)	460/2806 (16.4)	520/2824 (18.4)
10 to <18	111 (6.5)	57 (6.7)	54 (6.3)	115 (7.6)	59 (7.8)	56 (7.5)	312 (13.0)	143/1189 (12.0)	169/1211 (14.0)	538 (9.6)	259/2806 (9.2)	279/2824 (9.9)
Respiratory diagnosis	846 (49.2)	470 (54.9)	376 (43.6)	1110 (73.4)	584 (76.7)	526 (70.0)	750/1410 (53.29)	468/723 (66.6)	282/707 (39.9)	2706/4640 (58.3)	1522 (65.6)	1184/2320 (51)
Malaria RDT positive	1285 (74.8)	646 (75.5)	639 (74.1)	162/1434 (11.3)	84/738 (11.4)	78/696 (11.2)	740/1341 (55.2)	375 (53.3)	365/638 (57.2)	2187/4493 (48.7)	1105/2297 (48.1)	1082/2196 (49.3)

Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; RDT, rapid diagnostic test.

Data represent no. (%) of patients unless otherwise specified. Denominators are provided where they differ from the column’s “total enrolled” number.