TABLE 1.
Characteristic | Participant status |
P valueb | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Finished study | Lost to follow-up | Total | ||
Demographic variables | ||||
Sex | ||||
Male | 35 (51) | 11 (73) | 46 (55) | 0.111 |
Female | 34 (49) | 4 (27) | 38 (84) | |
Age (mean [SD]) (yr) | 27.4 (12.6) | 29.6 (12.8) | 27.8 (12.6) | 0.546 |
<15 | 7 (10) | 1 (7) | 8 (10) | 1.000 |
≥15 | 62 (90) | 14 (93) | 76 (90) | |
Clinical variables | ||||
Hypertension | ||||
No | 68 (99) | 15 (100) | 83 (99) | 1.000 |
Yes | 1 (1) | 0 (1) | 1 (1) | |
Diabetes | ||||
No | 69 (100) | 15 (100) | 84 (100) | |
Yes | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
Chronic treatment | ||||
No | 68 (99) | 14 (93) | 82 (98) | 0.327 |
Yes, not related to risk of QT enlargement | 1 (1) | 1 (7) | 2 (2) | |
Temp (mean [SD]) (°C) | 35.5 (0.9) | 35.2 (1.1) | 35.4 (0.9) | 0.238 |
Cardiac auscultation | ||||
No alterations | 64 (93) | 15 (100) | 79 (94) | 0.580 |
Presence of murmur | 5 (7) | 0 (0) | 5 (6) | |
Splenomegaly | ||||
No | 64 (93) | 15 (100) | 79 (94) | 0.580 |
Yes | 5 (7) | 0 (0) | 5 (6) | |
Blood tests | ||||
Malaria test (blood slide) | ||||
Negative | 63 (91) | 15 (100) | 78 (93) | 1.000 |
Positive Plasmodium falciparum | 4 (6) | 0 (0) | 4 (5) | |
Positive Plasmodium vivax | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | |
Positive Plasmodium malariae | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | |
Concn (mean [SD]) | ||||
Glucose (mmol/liter) | 4.8 (3.7) | 5.4 (1.4) | 4.9 (3.4) | 0.564 |
Creatinine (µmol/liter) | 70.7 (26.5) | 79.6 (26.5) | 70.7 (26.5) | 0.370 |
Sodium (mmol/liter) | 139.9 (3.8) | 141.7 (1.4) | 140.2 (3.5) | 0.083 |
Potassium (mmol/liter) | 4.0 (0.3) | 4.3 (0.3) | 4.1 (0.3) | 0.018 |
Hemoglobin (g/dl) | 12.5 (2.1) | 13.1 (2.0) | 12.6 (2.1) | 0.309 |
ECG parameters (mean [SD]) | ||||
Heart rate (bpm) | 68.4 (12.4) | 73.8 (11.6) | 69.4 (12.3) | 0.127 |
PR segment (ms) | 166.9 (18.7) | 165.1 (22.0) | 166.6 (19.2) | 0.749 |
QRS segment (ms) | 90.9 (9.5) | 92.7 (9.2) | 91.2 (9.4) | 0.525 |
QTcF segment (ms) | 397.3 (17.2) | 391.6 (18.8) | 396.3 (17.5) | 0.255 |
Conclusion | ||||
ECG normal | 65 (94) | 12 (80) | 77 (92) | 0.104 |
Minor nonpathological abnormalities | 4 (6) | 3 (20) | 7 (8) |
Results are described as number (%), unless otherwise specified.
P value corresponds to the results of the paired t test comparing both groups. Statistically significant results are reflected in bold.