Table 2.

Baseline characteristics

	Cases with severe anemia, n = 227	Hospital controls, n = 261	Community controls, n = 249	Totala (n = 749)
Patient characteristics
Male sex, n (%)	107 (47)	133 (51)	120 (48)	371 (50)
Age in years, median (IQR)	1.30 (0.85-2.16)	1.76 (1.06-2.39)	2.00 (1.20-3.01)	1.64 (1.02-2.60)
EV-positive, n (%)	198 (87)	234 (90)	229 (92)	673 (90)
Sequenced, n (%)b	77/198 (39%)	104/234 (44%)	99/229 (43%)	283/673 (42%)
EV-A, n (%)	15 (19)	8 (8)	15 (15)	38 (13)
EV-B, n (%)	37 (48)	58 (56)	40 (40)	137(48)
EV-C, n (%)	25 (32)	38 (37)	44 (44)	108 (38)