Table 1 |
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Baseline characteristics of the study population having completed Day 7 follow-up (n = 93) |
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| Patients' characteristics |
All patients |
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| Male (n = 74) |
79.6% |
| Age (in years)a |
26.6 (8.8) [13–53], 13.7 – 41.2 |
| Weight (in kg)a |
50.7 (7.1) [30.0–70.0], 39.7 – 63.0 |
| Tympanic temperature (in °C)a |
37.2 (1.1) [34.9–40.1], 35.8 – 39.0 |
| Mixed infection, PF+PV (n = 16) |
17.2% |
| Geometric mean parasite count per μl [range] |
7386 [79–190546] |
| Total artesunate dose (in mg)b |
600 [300–825] |
| Previous artesunate treatment (n = 26) |
28% |
| Time of last artesunate treatment (in month)b |
4 [1 – 8] |
| Tympanometry characteristics |
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| Middle ear pressure, left ear (in daP)b |
-15 [-145 – +25] |
| Middle ear pressure, right ear (in daP)b |
-15 [-140 – +95] |
| Static compliance, left ear (in ml)b |
0.48 [0.16–3.08] |
| Static compliance, right ear (in ml)b |
0.46 [0.15–2.52] |
| Tympanometric gradient, left ear (dimensionless)a |
0.49 (0.15) [0.19–0.83], 0.22 – 0.77 |
| Tympanometric gradient, right ear (dimensionless)a |
0.46 (0.15) [0.09–0.81], 0.23 – 0.74 |
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a Mean value, with (SD), [range], 5th and 95th percentiles without brackets b Median, [range] |
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Carrara et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:233 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-233 |
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