Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of study participants

Variable	Overall
Number of patients enrolled (n)	123
Age (months)	6–59 months
Mean (DS)	31.3 ± 13.5
Gender
Male [n (%)]	78 (63 %)
Female [n (%)]	45 (37 %)
Body temperature [°C, mean (SD)]	38.7 ± 0.9
Range	37.8–41
Parasite density [parasite/μL, mean (SD)]	42,329 ± 50,432
Range	2028–192,715
Haemoglobin [g/dL, mean (SD)]	8.9 ± 2.0
Range	7.2–16.2