Table 1.

Baseline characteristics

ATP population n	Total 61	supervised 29	unsupervised 32	p-value
Number of participants (n)	61	29	32
Age (months)	61	15.1 (6.1)	14.0 (4.9)	p = 0.3
Haemoglobin (g/dl)	53	8.7 (1.5)	8.1 (1.0)	p = 0.2
Temperature (°C)	60	38.4 (1.2)	38.8 (1.2)	p = 0.3
Neutrophils (k/μl)	48	2.8 (2.4)	3.1 (1.8)	p = 0.6
Splenomegaly (n)	48	6.0 (12.5%)	10.0 (20.8%)

Data are mean (SD) or number (%).