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. 2009 Jun 8;8:125. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-125

Table 3.

Clinical characteristics at inclusion in the safety population.

ASAQ1 group
(N = 313)
ASAQ2 group
(N = 315)
AL group
(N = 312)
Axillary temperature (°C) 37.94 ± 1.09 38.04 ± 1.04 37.92 ± 1.07
Asthenia 272 (86.9%) 277 (87.9%) 270 (86.5%)
Anorexia 260 (83.1%) 253 (80.3%) 250 (80.1%)
Headache* 172/212 (81.1%) 191/231 82.7%) 181/219 (82.6%)
Chills 150 (47.9%) 156 (49.5%) 147 (47.1%)
Perspiration 146 (46.6%) 153 180 (57.1%) 147 183 (58.7%)
Dizziness* 53/165 (32.1%) 50/185 (27.0%) 48/165 (28.9%)
Pain* 96/313 (31.2%) 89/314 (28.3%) 87/312 (28.3%)
Jaundice 10 (3.2%) 2 (0.6%) 2 (0.6%)
Pruritus 1 (0.3%) 3 (1.0%) 3 (0.9%)
Skinfold None 3 (0.9%) 1 (0.3%)
Skin rash None 1 (0.3%) None
Vomiting 143 (45.8%) 153 (48.6%) 164 (52.7%)
Diarrhoea 9 (2.9%) 3 (1.0%) 8 (2.6%
Hepatomegaly 3 (0.9%) 5 (1.6%) 1 (0.3%)
Splenomegaly 31 (9.9%) 34 (10.8%) 32 (10.3%)

Data are presented as mean ± SD for quantitative variables and as patient numbers (%) for categorical variables.

*Information on these self-reported symptoms was not available for young children; the number of patients for whom data was available is thus indicated and used to calculate percentage values.