Table 1.

Characteristics of the HIV-infected children per study group.

	Cases	Controls	p
HIV-infected	45	41	n/a
Age (mean in months ± SD)	25.5 ± 14.1	28.8 ± 12.4	0.25
Sex (M:F)	18:27	23:18	0.14
Haemoglobin (mean in g/dL ± SD)	3.6 ± 0.7	9.3 ± 2.0	n/a
Reticulocytes (Median and IQR *10e9/L)	58.6 (30.3–93.1) n = 35	55.7 (34.7–86.0) n = 31	0.72
CRP>10 mg/L	38/42 (90%)	25/36 (69%)	0.02

Baseline characteristics of children with severe anaemia (cases, Hb<5.0 g/dL) as compared to those without severe anaemia (controls). SD: Standard deviation; IQR Inter Quartile Range; The number of children is only displayed if data was not available for all children.