Table 1 |
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Patient characteristics |
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| Group 1 |
Group 2 |
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| Persistent malaria |
Recent malaria |
No malaria |
Persistent malaria |
Recent malaria |
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| Number of patients |
16 |
15 |
17 |
8 |
39 |
| Age1 (years) |
2 (1–12) |
4 (0.5–10) |
2 (0.5–12) |
5.8 (1.5–10) |
5.8 (1–12) |
| Temperature on admission1 (°C) |
37.0 (36.0–38.5) |
38.0 (36.7–38.6) |
37.5 (36.6–39.5) |
37.2 (36.8–38.8) |
38.2 (36.0–40.0) |
| Sex (boys:girls) |
12:4 |
7:8 |
10:7 |
5:3 |
23:15 |
| Haemoglobin1 (g/dl) |
3.4 (2.1–10.2) |
4.4 (1.6–11.6) |
9.8 (1.5–11.8) |
6.6 (4.7–10.5) |
9.2 (5.2–12.0) |
| TNF-α (pg/ml)2 |
16.2 (6.9–38.0) |
13.5 (6.5–27.5) |
5.4 (1.2–23.4) |
6.2 (0.6–63.1) |
8.7 (5.5–13.5) |
| IL-10 (pg/ml)2 |
56.2 (15.8–208.2) |
29.5 (7.8–112.2) |
3.0 (0.9–9.8) |
8.9 (3.6–21.9) |
8.3 (5.8–11.7) |
| IL-10/TNF-α2 |
1.9 (1.0–3.6) |
1.4 (0.4–5.6) |
1.0 (0.5–2.3) |
1.7 (0.1–46.8) |
1.0 (0.5–2.0) |
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1: median (range) 2: mean (95% CI) |
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Helleberg et al. Malaria Journal 2005 4:56 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-4-56 |
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