Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients at study-enrolment, per treatment arm, Malakal, Upper Nile, Sudan 2003–4.

	AS + AQ (n = 134)	AS + SP (n = 135)
Sex ratio (F/M)	68/66	64/71
Mean age (months) (SD, ranges)	33 (13, 7–59)	33 (15, 6–59)
Mean weight (kg) (SD, ranges)	11.1 (2.4, 5.7–17.0)	11.3 (2.6, 5.4–18.0)
Mean axillary temperature (°C) (SD, ranges)	38.7 (0.9, 37.5–40.9)	38.9 (0.9, 37.5–40.9)
Mean haemoglobin value (g/dl) (SD, ranges)	7.8 (1.7, 5.0–12.2)	7.9 (1.8, 5.0–12.7)
Parasitaemia geometric mean (/μl) (ranges)	20 952 (2 100–199 500)	24835 (2 000–198 000)