Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients attending Cameroon Christian Medical Foundation (CAMEF) during the in vivo study, 2007-2008.

Characteristic	Value
Number of study subjects	174
Sex ratio (male/female ratio)	74/100
Age (median)	11.4
Age of males (median)	11.8
Age of females (median)	10.9
Body weight (kg) (mean ± SD)	40.40 ± 21.90 (9–95)*
Initial body temperature (°C) (mean ± SD)	37.91 ± 0.93 (36–40)*
Haematocrit (%) (mean ± SD)	34.27 ± 5.64 (13–50)*
% anaemic (PCV < 31%)	22.99% (40/174)
Geometric mean parasite density	4338 ± 11725 (1000–104000)*

*Indicates the range. SD = standard deviation.