Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics by malaria parasitemia at baseline

	Malaria parasitemia	No malaria parasitemia
N	84	974
Female gender	40 (48)	455 (47)
Age (months)	37 (25 to 49)	37 (19 to 49)
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	9.35 (8.1 to 10.4)	9.9 (8.8 to 10.9)
Weight-for-height Z-score	−0.7 (−1.3 to 0.02)	−0.8 (−1.5 to −0.06)
Weight-for-age Z-score	−0.95 (−2.2 to −0.09)	−1.3 (−2.25 to −0.45)
Height-for-age Z-score	−1.2 (−2.2 to −0.09)	−1.5 (−2.7 to −0.3)
Mid-upper arm circumference	14.5 (13.5 to 15.5)	14.5 (13.5 to 15.0)
Wasted	9 (11)	120 (12)
Stunted	26 (31)	369 (38)
Underweight	23 (27)	299 (31)

All continuous variables are expressed as median (interquartile range); all dichotomous variables are expressed as N (%).