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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Electrocardiographic study in Ghanaian children with uncomplicated malaria, treated with artesunate-amodiaquine or artemether-lumefantrine

 

Artemether-lumefantrine (n=30)

Artesunate-Amodiaquine (n=47)

*Age (yrs)

8.00 (4–12)

7.00 (1.5-14)

Weight (Kg)

24.00 (8.70)

23.28 (13.69)

Parasite density (/μL)

76545 (68726)

84746 (108063)

Haemoglobin (g/dL)

12.22 (1.59)

11.51 (1.94)

WBC (x103/L)

8.42 (3.43)

9.02 (3.72)

Rate (min)

114.73 (19.26)

119.53 (21.15)

PR (ms)

124.00 (16.10)

126.81 (15.20)

QT (ms)

296.00 (24.86)

286.81 (38.51)

QTcH (ms)

391.80 (24.40)

390.28 (26.59)

QTcB (ms)

406.03 (27.84)

399.57 (33.44)

QTcF (ms)

365.16 (23.11)

357.42 (33.27)

  1. Data are means and standard deviations except *age (range); P > 0.05 all comparisons.