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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of enrolled children at presentation

From: Clinical illness and outcomes in Nigerian children with late-appearing anaemia after artemisinin-based combination treatments of uncomplicated falciparum malaria

Parameter

Value

No. of children

609

Male (%)

339 (56)

Age < 5 years (%)

165 (27)

 5–10 years (%)

331 (54)

 > 10 years (%)

113 (19)

Temperature > 37.4 °C (%)

445 (73)

Parasitaemia

 

  > 100,000 μL−1 (%)

179 (29)

  > 250,000 μL−1 (%)

50 (8)

Haematocrit

 

  < 30 % (%)

151 (25)

  < 15 % (%)

0 (0)

Enlarged liver (%)

98 (16)

Enlarged spleen (%)

64 (11)

Mean value (range) for

 

Age (year)

7.1 (0.5–15)

Weight (kg)

19.5 (6–59)

Duration of illness (day)

2.8 (1–7)

Temperature (°C)

38.2 (35.1–41.1)

Haematocrit (%)

32.1 (17–47)

GMPD (μL−1 of blood)

55,705 (1636–1,096,636)

Liver enlargement (cm) [n = 98]

3.0 (0.1–6.3)

Spleen enlargement (cm) [n = 64]

2.6 (0.3–9)