Table 1.
Baseline characteristics at enrolment
| Characteristics | PfAMA1 N = 20 |
Tetanus toxoid N = 20 |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean age in year ± SD | 30.1 ± 10.6 | 26 ± 10.5 | ns |
| Female (%) | 70 | 65 | ns |
| Mean WBC 103/µL ± SD | 6.0 ± 1.3 | 6.4 ± 1.4 | ns |
| Mean RBC 103/µL ± SD | 4.6 ± 6 | 4.7 ± .4 | ns |
| Mean Hemoglobin ± SD | 13.3 ± 1.8 | 13.0 ± 1.2 | ns |
| Mean Platelets103/µL ± SD | 245.2 ± 64.8 | 255.2 ± 76.0 | ns |
| Mean Lymphocytes 103/µL ± SD | 2.6 ± 0.6 | 2.9 ± 0.8 | ns |
| Mean Creatinin µM/l ± SD | 62.7 ± 13.8 | 53.3 ± 5.5 | ns |
| Mean ALT U/L ± SD | 14.5 ± 5.5 | 12.7 ± 5.6 | ns |
| GMT anti-AMA1 antibody titre (95 % CI) |
5164 (2494–10,691) |
9938 (4484–22,025) |
ns |
GMT geometric mean titre in arbitrary units (AU), CI confidence interval, ALT alanine Amino-transferase, SD standard deviation