Table 1.

Participants' demographic characteristics

Domain	Control group N=33	CCRT group N=28	P
Gender, male n (%)	19 (52.78)	17 (57.78)	0.80
Age (years)	7.39 (1.84)	7.08 (1.52)	0.49
School grade	2.64 (1.78)	2.14 (1.21)	0.22
Weight (kgs)	21.51 (4.99)	21.29 (5.60)	0.87
Height (cm)	119.88 (15.58)	118.50 (13.71)	0.76
Weight for age z score	-0.98 (1.12)	-0.92 (1.22)	0.86
Home environment score	24.14 (6.33)	22.65 (6.22)	0.36
Interval between admission and post-testing (days)	199.30 (19.50)	210.96 (38.04)	0.13
Had cerebral malaria n (%)	3 (9.1)	5 (17.9)	0.45
Had malaria with seizures n (%)	19 (57.6)	15 (53.6)	0.75
Had malaria with impaired consciousness n (%)	11 (33.3)	8 (28.6)	0.69

cm = centimetres, kgs = kilograms, N = Number. All values are Mean (SD) unless otherwise stated.

Comparisons made using t-tests and chi-square where appropriate