Table 1.

Baseline demographic characteristics.

	HbAA	HbAC	HbAS	HbCC	HbSC	HbSS
Characteristics at day 0 n (%)	646	60	47	5	7	5
Age (years), mean (±SD)	12.7 (12.9)	13.5 (9.7)	14.9 (15.9)	11.0 (5.3)	12.7 (7.6)	10.8 (8.6)
Age (<5 years), n (%)	177 (27.4)	13 (21.6)	14 (29.7)	0 (00)	0 (00)	2 (40.0)
Sex, n (%) females	344 (53.2)	30 (50)	27 (57.4)	4 (80.0)	4 (57.1)	2 (40.0)
Pf parasitemia (/μL of blood), median (IQR)	28,978 (7982–72,000)	20,052 (5980–68,156)	17,280 (4644–82,400)	27,394 (25,000–34,690)	8400 (3654–16,650)	15,700 (14,892–24,000)
p-values		HbAA vs. HbAC	HbAA vs. HbAS	HbAA vs. HbCC	HbAA vs. HbSC	HbAA vs. HbSS
Age (years), mean (±SD)		0.07	0.58	0.55	0.41	0.93
Age (<5 years), n (%)		0.36	0.73	0.33	0.19	0.61
Sex, n (%) females		0.68	0.65	0.37	1	0.69
Pf parasitemia (/μL of blood), median (IQR)		0.15	0.40	0.97	0.02	0.56

Abbreviations: Hb, hemoglobin; Pf., Plasmodium falciparum; SD, standard deviation; μL, microliter; IQR, interquartile range.