Table 3.

Admission characteristics

Variable	Patients with admission hematocrit, n (%)	Admission hematocrit, mean (standard deviation)	Anemic (hematocrit < 30), n (%)	Severe anemia (hematocrit < 20), n (%)
Total	4,007 (76)	34.7 (5.7)	727 (18)	40 (1.0)
Aged < 5 years	613 (71)	31.1 (5.7)	235 (38)	20 (3.3)
Aged 5–14 years	1,905 (79)	34.9 (5.2)	304 (16)	16 (0.8)
Men	786 (75)	37.4 (5.6)	63 (8)	1 (0.1)
Women	703 (76)	34.3 (5.1)	125 (18)	3 (0.4)
Primary infections	3,046 (79)	35.3 (5.6)	476 (16)	25 (0.8)
Recrudescent infections	961 (68)	33.0 (5.5)	251 (26)	15 (1.6)
Plasmodium falciparum only	3,328 (77)	34.7 (5.9)	630 (19)	35 (1.1)
P. falciparum and Plasmodium vivax	634 (74)	35.2 (5.1)	88 (14)	4 (0.6)