Table 1. Characteristics of the study population.

	n=4292
Age range (years)	0–94
Median age	35
Female (%)	2932 (68)
Follow-up years (mean, SD)	4.40 (0.90)
Tribe (%)
Bimoba	72.0
Kusasi	21.6
Other	6.4
Mortality during follow-up
All (n, %)	292 (6.8)
<5 years (n, %)	77 (8.0)
IL10 (pg/ml) (median, IQR)
LPS (n=605)	13 065 (8092–19 714)
Zymosan (n=604)	13 032 (8844–18 673)
TNFα (pg/ml) (median, IQR)
LPS (n=605)	4468 (3212–5960)
Zymosan (n=604)	227 (128–398)
Plasmodium falciparum (n=647)
Positives (n, %)	554 (85.6)
Median Ct value (IQR) (n=554)	30.7 (28.3–33.1)

Abbreviations: IL10, interleukin-10; IQR, interquartile range; LPS, lipopolysaccharide; SD, standard deviation; TNFα, tumor necrosis factor-α.