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. 2018 Nov 26;62(12):e01153-18. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01153-18

TABLE 1.

Comparison of baseline characteristics of participants that completed follow-up and participants that were lost to follow-upa

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)
a

Results are described as number (%), unless otherwise specified.

b

P value corresponds to the results of the paired t test comparing both groups. Statistically significant results are reflected in bold.