Table 1.

Demographics and clinical characteristics of patients enrolled in the malarial anaemia case control study.

Characteristics	Severe malaria	Uncomplicated malaria	P
Sample size (N)	60	60	NC
Median age in months and (interquartile range)	16.5 (10–21)	16.5 (9–23)	NC
Median parasitaemia (iE/μl) (interquartile range)	58,000 (12,200–133,000)	39,000 (6400–105,000)	0.66
Hb level (g/dl)	4.5 ± 1.0	8.9 ± 1.3	NC

Note: P = Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-ranks test. NC = not necessary.