TABLE 1.
Sample population summary
| Patient parameter | Value for yr |
P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | ||
| No. (%) of individuals of gender | |||||
| Female | 16 (42.11) | 17 (40.48) | 17 (43.59) | 35 (41.67) | 0.9938 |
| Male | 22 (57.89) | 25 (59.52) | 22 (56.41) | 49 (58.33) | |
| Mean age (yr) (SD; total no. of patients)a | 3.70 (1.19; 42) | 3.36 (1.41; 39) | 2.72 (1.60; 84) | 3.64 (1.23; 38) | 0.0007 |
| Mean height (cm) (SD; total no. of patients) | 99.29 (10.87; 42) | 87.21 (13.52; 38) | 86.11 (14.75; 84) | 96.62 (13.90; 37) | <0.0001 |
| Mean wt (kg) (SD; total no. of patients) | 21.40 (9.22; 42) | 13.02 (4.46; 39) | 12.60 (7.28; 84) | 15.06 (3.14; 38) | <0.0001 |
| Mean axillary temp (°C) (SD; total no. of patients) | 38.51 (0.82; 42) | 37.92 (0.99; 39) | 38.26 (1.07; 84) | 38.30 (0.72; 38) | 0.0425 |
| Mean hemoglobin level (g/dl) (SD; total no. of patients) | 9.53 (2.07; 42) | 9.62 (2.04; 39) | 10.04 (2.11; 84) | 9.27 (2.14; 38) | 0.2778 |
| Mean parasite density [ln(parasites/μl)] (SD; total no. of patients) | 10.95 (0.96; 42) | 10.37 (1.63; 39) | 11.03 (1.37; 84) | 10.37 (1.12; 38) | 0.0110 |
a
Enrollment criteria were amended in 2012 to include children below the age of 2 years.