TABLE 1.
Baseline characteristics of included population (n = 54)
| Age (years) | |
| Median (IQR) | 24.0 (19.0–32.0) |
| 18–<35 | 43 (79.6%) |
| 35–<50 | 8 (14.8%) |
| ≥50 | 3 (5.6%) |
| Weight (kg) | |
| Median (IQR) | 59.0 (53.0–62.0) |
| Sex | |
| Female | 29 (53.7%) |
| Male | 25 (46.3%) |
| Temperature (°C) | |
| Median (IQR) | 37.7 (37.1–38.6) |
| ≥37.5 | 35 (64.8%) |
| Parasitaemia (parasites/μL) | |
| Median (IQR) | 17 181 (5317–25 876) |
| >10 000–50 000 | 24 (44.4%) |
| >50 000–100 000 | 6 (11.1%) |
| >100 000–250 000 | 1 (1.9%) |
| Haemoglobin (g/dL) | |
| Median (IQR) | 13.2 (11.9–14.8) |
| <8 | 0 |
| Heart rate (beats/min) | |
| Mean (SD) | 91.7 (15.7) a |
| ≥140 | 0 |
| 120–<140 | 2 (3.8%) a |
| 100–<120 | 17 (32.1%) a |
| 80–<100 | 21 (39.6%) a |
| 60–<80 | 13 (24.5%) a |
| <60 | 0 |
IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation.
a
One participant had missing baseline heart rate.