Table 1. Characteristics of study children at enrolment.

Characteristic	MB-AS group (n = 61)	MB-AQ group (n = 58)	AS-AQ group (n = 61)	p-value
Female sex (%)	30 (49)	32 (55)	22 (36)	0.100
Median age in years (range)	7 (6–10)	6 (6–10)	7 (6–10)	0.512
Median weight in kg (range)	20 (14–32)	19 (13–38)	19 (13–33)	0.039
Median haematocrit in % (range)	34 (26–44)	36 (26–42)	34 (24–40)	0.246
Median number of P. falciparum trophozoites/µl (range)	33,000 (1,000–265,050)	28,700 (1,000–200,000)	31,000 (1,000–258,000)	0.529
Median duration of the current disease episode in days (range)	2 (1–7)	2 (1–7)	2 (1–7)	0.488
Reported CQ treatment of current disease episode (%)	6 (10)	12 (21)	10 (16)	0.256