Table 1.

Sex, age and markers of severity of malaria at enrollment among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected children under 5 years, Kampala, Uganda

Baseline variables	HIV- uninfected children (n = 769)		HIV-infected children (n = 78)		Total N = 847		P-value*
Sex (female)	356	46%	37	47%	393	46%	0.85
Age under 1 year	321	42%	30	38%	351	41%	0.58
Respiratory distress	287	37%	30	38%	317	37%	0.84
Jaundice	71	9%	6	8%	77	9%	0.64
Splenomegaly	388	52%	41	53%	429	52%	0.87
Hepatomegaly	160	21%	15	19%	175	21%	0.68
Post-transfusion severe anaemia+	494	78%	51	80%	545	78%	0.78
Pre-transfusion hyper-parasitaemia	55	7%	6	8%	61	7%	0.82
Treatment with Quinine (I.V.)	584	76%	57	74%	641	76%	0.57

*Chi-square test for difference in proportions

+Enrollment haemoglobin levels available for 632 HIV-uninfected children and 66 HIV-infected children