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

Table 4 Frequencies of symptoms and signs at presentation and during late-appearing anaemia among 84 malarious children

Symptoms and signs	No of children with symptoms or signs		P value
Symptoms and signs	At presentation (n = 84)	During late-appearing anaemia (n = 84)	P value
Fever	61 [73]^a	3 [4]	<0.0001
Headache	44 [52]	0 [0]	-
Poor appetite	43 [51]	0 [0]	-
Vomiting	39 [46]	1 [1]	<0.0001
Abdominal pain	33 [39]	2 [2]	<0.0001
Diarrhoea	11 [13]	3 [4]	0.047
Cough	6 [7]	3 [4]	0.5
Running nose	3 [4]	0 [0]	-
Weakness	2 [2]	0 [0]	-
Body temperature
> 37.4 °C	65 [77]	7 [8]	<0.0001
> 39 °C	21 [25]	2 [2]	<0.0001
Liver enlargement	14 [17]	0 [0]	-
Spleen enlargement	17 [20]	0 [0]	-

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