Table 1.
Demographic and clinical features of children with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum infection.
| Adamawa (n = 50) |
Bayelsa (n = 45) |
Imo (n = 82) |
Kwara (n = 45) |
Sokoto (n = 49) |
All states (n = 271) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||||||
| Male/Female | 28/22 | 29/16 | 43/39 | 30/15 | 30/19 | 160/111 |
| Age (month) | ||||||
| Mean (SD) | 35.1(15.7) | 35.3(15.8) | 46.8(14.4) | 36 (15.7) | 31.4(16.8) | 38.2(16.5) |
| Weight (Kg) | ||||||
| Mean (SD) | 12.1(3.5) | 13.8(3.9) | 16.2(2.8) | 12.4(4.2) | 9.9(3.2) | 13.3(4.1) |
| Temperature (°C) | ||||||
| Mean (SD) | 38.3(0.6) | 37.5(1.2) | 36.9(4.2) | 37.8(1.3) | 37.6(1.3) | 37.5(2.5) |
| Haematocrit (%) | ||||||
| Mean (SD) | 31(4.5) | 29.5(5.4) | 30.3(3.8) | 32.3(6.5) | 28.3(5.8) | 30.3(5.2) |
| No. with anaemia | 22 | 18 | 32 | 11 | 21 | 104 |
| Mild | 22 | 14 | 31 | 10 | 15 | 92 |
| Moderate | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| Severe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parasitaemia (µL−1) | ||||||
| Geometric mean | 16,493 | 10,304 | 20,359 | 33,072 | 4827 | 14,673 |
| Range | 2047–195,000 | 2052–109,040 | 2008–195,947 | 2071–198,200 | 2003–28,860 | 2003–198,200 |
| No. ≥ 100,000 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 30 |