Table 2.

Participants' Demographic Characteristics and Health History

Domain	Number (%) N = 65	M (SD)
Gender, male	40 (61.5)
Age (years)		9.90 (2.46)
School grade		3.88 (2.30)
Weight (kgs)		28.73 (8.88)
Height (cm)		131.36 (15.58)
Weight for z score (WAZ)		−0.89 (0.85)
HOME score		28.20 (6.43)
Medical history in the last 18 months:
Had at least one malaria episode	52 (80)
Number of malaria episodes		2.64 (1.83)
Hospitalized for any other cause	6 (9.2)
Had at least one episode of convulsions	5 (7.7)
Coma episode	0 (0)