Table 1 Clinical and laboratory characteristics of the study participants.

Number of subjects

93

51

N/A

Age, months

12.03 (10.00)

7.38 (5.77)

0.007^a

Gender: male/female **

52/41

22/28

0.676^b

Glucose (mMol/L)

4.90 (1.00)

5.10 (1.00)

0.484^a

Temperature (°C)

37.40 (2)

37.30 (1)

0.818^a

White blood cells (×10⁹/µL)

11.60 (5.70)

14.95 (8.55)

0.005^a

Lymphocytes (×10³/µL)

49.00 (23.05)

51.05 (12.55)

0.128^a

Monocytes (×10³/µL)

8.40 (4.90)

10.15 (7.95)

0.037^a

Granulocytes (×10³/µL)

42.10 (26.00)

37.90 (16.80)

0.051^a

Hemoglobin (Hb, g/dL)

7.90 (5.05)

4.20 (1.10)

< 0.0001^a

Hematocrit (Hct, %)

23.70 (14.20)

13.05 (3.40)

< 0.0001^a

Red blood cells (×10⁶/µL)

3.58 (1.57)

1.85 (0.85)

< 0.0001^a

Platelets (×10³/µL)

171 (134)

141 (85)

0.042^a

Parasite denisty (/µL)

24,991 (54,895)

23,661 (62,758)

0.928^a

Pigment-containing monocytes (PCM), n (%)

45 (48.39)

39 (76.47)

0.001^b

Pigment-containing neutrophils (PCN), n (%)

6 (6.0)

11 (21.57)

0.007^b

PCM (/µL)

10.52 (1.95)

41.25 (7.10)

< 0.0001^c

PCN (/µL)

0.34 (0.14)

5.31 (1.88)

< 0.0001^c

Reticulocyte production index < 2.0

58 (62.37)

47 (92.16)

< 0.0001^a