Table 1.

Characteristics of 600 febrile children enrolled in the study.

Variables	Value
Temperature (°C) Median (IQR)	39 (38.4–39.7)
Weight (kg) Median (IQR)	12 (8.5–18.2)
Age (Months) Median (IQR)	29 (12–68)
Male	320 (53.3%)
Female	280 (46.7%)
Age <12 Months	148 (24.6%)
Age 12–36 Months	182 (30.3%)
Age 36–60 Months	85 (14.2%)
Age >60 Months	185 (30.9%)
Severe anemia*	41 (6.8%)
Sickle cell anemia	23 (4.2%)
Normal weight for age	468 (78%)
Abnormalǂ weight for age ( < 2 SD mean)	132 (22%)
Duration of hospitalization (days) Mean (SD)	5 (3)

(*) hemoglobin level < 5 g/dL or hematocrit < 15%.

(ǂ) weight for age Z-score < −2 standard deviations mean.

SD: standard deviation.

IQR: interquartile range.