FIG. 1.
Plasma phenylalanine concentrations in severe malaria. (a) Day 0 levels in Tanzanian children with CM. (b) Day 0 levels in Indonesian adults with SM. (c) Day 0 levels in Indonesian adults by outcome, death (median [95% confidence interval], 275 [163 to 399] μM) versus survival (median [95% confidence interval], 118 [90 to 140] μM). (d) Longitudinal data for Indonesian adults on day 0 (median [95% confidence interval], 116 [86 to 133] μM) and day 3 (median [95% confidence interval], 76 [70 to 90] μM) of the study. Box plot, median and interquartile range; whiskers, maximum/minimum range; dotted lines, phenylalanine means ± 2 standard deviations (normal range) based on 80 HC samples. Differences between means were compared using a Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test. Longitudinal data were compared using a paired two-tailed t test.