Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of included patients

	ASAQ (n = 144)	AL (n = 144)	p value
Age, in months	32.2 (20.0–47.0)	30.9 (21.0–41.5)	0.412
# Male (%)	65 (79)	65 (79)	1.000
Weight for height Z-score	−0.59 (−1.39 to 0.22)	−0.68 (−1.40–0.08)	0.484
Temperature in  °C	38.8 (38.0–39.7)	39.02 (38.4–39.8)	0.049
Parasite density/µl at day 0	63,637 (15, 211–95, 962)	45,154 (14, 225–94, 746)	0.826
Log parasite density at day 0	10.5 (9.6–11.5)	10.4 (9.6–11.5)	0.935
Haemoglobin in g/dl at day 0	9.5 (8.5–10.8)	9.7 (8.7–10.8)	0.316

All data is presented as the mean with the interquartile range (IQR) in brackets, unless otherwise stated