Table 1: Participant’s baseline characteristics at day 0. Notes: achi-squared test; bStudent’s t-test. Abbreviations: AS-AQ, artesunate-amodiaquine; AL, artemether-lumefantrine; GM, geometric mean, ITT, intention to treat.
| ASAQ (N=120) | AL (N=121) | |
| Male (%) | 56 (46.7) | 62 (51.2) | 0,60a |
| Female (%) | 64 (53.3) | 59 (48.8) | 0.60a |
| Mean Age (years) (±SD) | 8.7 (9.92) | 11.1 (12.48) | 0.11b |
| < 5 years (%) | 49 (40.8) | 52 (43) | 0.89a |
| 5 - < 15 years (%) | 51 (42.5) | 41 (33.9) | 0.23a |
| ≥ 15yeras (%) | 20 (16.7) | 28 (23.1) | 0,25a |
| Mean Temperature (°C) (±SD) | 38.3 (0.74) | 38.1 (0.61) | 0.09b |
| Mean Weight (Kg) (±SD) | 25 (20.12) | 29.2 (23.09) | 0.13b |
| Mean Parasitemia ( asexual parasites/μl) (±SD) | 40112 (49235) | 31479 (40541) | 0,13b |