Appendix 1—table 1. General characteristics for cases and controls in the Mali case- control study.

	Controls (Uncomplicated malaria)	Cases (Cerebral malaria)	P value
Mali	n = 184	n = 34
Gender Males Females	90 (49 %) 94 (51 %)	17 (50 %) 17 (50 %)	0.920
Ethnicity Dogon Non-Dogon	161 (87.5 %) 23 (12.5 %)	30 (88 %) 4 (12 %)	1
Age in months* Median (IQR)	36.5 (19–56)	28 (16–41)	0.026

Comparisons performed using Pearson’s χ² test except *Kruskal Wallis test.