Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study patients
| Characteristic | Value |
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|---|---|---|---|
| AS-SP (n = 53) | AM-LF (n = 52) | AS-MQ (n = 52) | |
| Sex [no. (%)] | |||
| Male | 31 (58.49) | 27 (51.92) | 32 (61.54) |
| Female | 22 (41.51) | 25 (48.08) | 20 (38.46) |
| Weight (kg) | |||
| Mean | 30.58 | 23.23 | 34.90 |
| Range | 09–65 | 06–52 | 14–60 |
| SD | 14.90 | 13.88 | 13.32 |
| 95% CI | 26.56–34.59 | 19.46–27.00 | 31.28–38.52 |
| Age category [no. (%)] | |||
| < 5 yr | 06 (11.32) | 19 (36.54) | 0 |
| 5–15 yr | 27 (50.94) | 25 (48.08) | 28 (53.85) |
| Adult | 20 (37.34) | 08 (15.38) | 24 (46.15) |
| Age (yr) | |||
| Mean | 16.45 | 10.62 | 17 |
| Range | 02–55 | 01–55 | 05–50 |
| SD | 14.18 | 10.33 | 10.75 |
| 95% CI | 12.64–20.26 | 7.81–13.43 | 14.08–19.92 |
| Temperature (°C) | |||
| Mean | 38.00 | 37.96 | 37.9 |
| Range | 37.60–39.3 | 37.6–39.3 | 37.5–39.3 |
| SD | 0.45 | 0.40 | 0.36 |
| 95% CI | 37.88–38.12 | 37.85–38.07 | 37.81–37.99 |
| Hemoglobin (g/dl) | |||
| Mean | 11.84 | 11.04 | 12.21 |
| Range | 9.9–15.0 | 8.5–14.0 | 9.0–14.8 |
| SD | 1.46 | 1.15 | 1.36 |
| 95% CI | 11.45–12.23 | 10.73–11.35 | 11.84–12.58 |
| Parasite count (no/μl) | |||
| Mean | 15,371 | 14,538 | 12,380 |
| Range | 1,040–70,000 | 1,040–51,680 | 1,000–44,000 |
| SD | 15,402.25 | 12,375.19 | 10,266.47 |
| 95% CI | 11,224–19,518 | 11,174–17,902 | 9,589–1,5171 |
| Gametocytes on day 0 [no. (%)] | 3 (5.66) | 1 (1.92) | 2 (3.85) |