Table 1. Baseline characteristics.

	MM	NCM	CM	All
No.	28	45	57	130
Age (year) #	30 (24–35)	28 (23–41)	30 (20–43)	30 (22–41)
% Male	60.7	77.8	86.0	77.7
Hb (g/dL) #	10.6 (9.9–12.3)	10.0 (9.0–12.0)	10.0 (8.6–11.3)	10.2 (9.0–12.0)
PfHRP-2 (AU) #	11.9 (1.1–25.3)	22.0 (8.3–38.5)*	29.7 (21.2–47.8)***	23.2 (9.7–40.8)

^# Values are medians (interquartile ranges).

* MM vs. NCM: p-value < 0.05.

*** MM vs. CM: p-value < 0.001.