Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of patients as enrolled in years 2004 and 2015

Baseline characteristics	Group A_2004 (N = 110)	Group B_2015 (N = 89)
Age
0–36 months	60 (55)	10 (11)
37–84 months	31 (28)	36 (40)
> 85 months	19 (17)	43 (53)
Gender
Male	46 (42)	41 (46)
Female	64 (58)	48 (54)
Geometric mean (range), parasite/µL	8,702 (7,163–10,570)	8,955 (6,973–11,501)
Median weight, (IQR) kg	11 (8–16)	23 (16–30)
Mean temperature (°C) ± SD	37.8 ± 1.1	38.0 ± 1.0

IQR = interquartile range; SD = standard deviation.