Table 1.

The mean age, gender and haemoglobin level in Aljabalain hospital and military hospital.

	Aljabalain hospital	Military hospital
Number of patients	200	200
Mean age ± SD, range (years)	30 ± 15 (2–80)	31 ± 13 (1–70)
Less than 15 (%)	19 (9.5%)	17 (8.5%)
15–30 (%)	93 (46.5%)	92 (46.3%)
More than 30 (%)	88 (44%)	90 (45.2%)
Gender
Males (%)	70 (34.7%)	128 (64%)
Females (%)	130 (64.4%)	72 (36%)
Mean Hb level ± SD, range (g/dL)	11.8 ± 2.2 (4–18)	12 ± 2.1 (5–19)
Anaemia∗ (%)	135 (67.5%)	146 (73%)
Parasitaemia∗∗
Low (%)	180 (90%)	185 (92.5%)
High (%)	20 (10%)	15 (7.5%)

^∗Anaemia was defined as Hb level less than 13.5 g/dL for males and 12.5 g/dL for females.

^∗∗Low parasitaemia was defined as number of asexual parasites ≤500/µL of blood. High parasitaemia: >500 asexual parasites/µL of blood.