Table 1. Baseline characteristics (means (S.D.) or geometric means (S.D.)).

	Malaria	Non-malaria anaemia	p
n	37	36	/
Hb (g/l)	83.7 (11.6)	90.6 (12.1)	0.02
Age (years)	2.24 (0.5)	2.29 (0.5)	0.69
Whz	−1.4 (0.86)	−1.3 (0.8)	0.66
*Soluble transferrin receptors (mg/l)	5.9 (1.5)	8.5 (5.8)	<0.000
*Ferritin (ng/ml)	74.1 (74.8)	5.8 (21.5)	<0.000
*Zinc protoporphyrin (µmol/mol hb)	127 (53)	157 (111)	0.06
*Erythropoetin (miu/ml)	59 (205)	32 (62)	0.02

^*geometric means.