Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of all 267 study participants by age group

	Age group
Characteristic	< 2	2–4	5–7	8–10	11–17	≥ 18	All
Female sex	33	20	29	36	6	7	131
Hgb AC	3	5	4	13	1	1	27
Hgb AS	6	6	6	10	1	2	31
Hgb SC	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Febrile malaria*	33	41	40	46	7	4	171
Total	67	54	51	74	11	11	229

^*Febrile malaria defined as axillary temperature of 37.5°C, ≥ 2,500 asexual parasites/μL of blood, and no other cause of fever discernible by physical exam.