Lipid Profile of Children with Malaria by Plasmodium vivax

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of participants.

Variable	Cases ()	Control ()
Age, years	7.5 (2)	5.5 (3)	0.5221
Parasitaemia at admission, geometric average	3347	—
Previous episodes of disease, number of patients
0	12	7	0.8024
Once, twice, or 3 times	10	9
4 times or more	21	16
Parasite clearance, hours	36 (12)	—
Fever clearance, hours	24 (12)	—
Hematocrit, (%)	36 (2)	37 (2)	0.5142
Hemoglobin, g/dl	12 (3)	13 (4)	0.6198