Table 2 Characteristics of children with severe malaria from Yaoundé city

Total number of children

42

41

15

35

27

Average age in years (mean ± SD)

3.3 ± 2.2

3.3 ± 2.4

2.8 ± 1.7

1.6 ± 1.4

2.4 ± 1.8

Number males (percent)

20 (48%)

25 (61%)

8 (53%)

16 (46%)

12 (44%)

Malaria by blood smear positive (percent)^a

0

100%

100%

100%

100%

Malaria parasitaemia (parasites per µL of blood, median, IQR)

–

53,225 (4098, 113,767)

570,725 (9752, 1,158,750)

23,792 (2842, 143,213)

281,168 (98,638, 885,063)

Hemoglobin levels in g/dL (mean ± SD)

12 ± 2

10 ± 2

6 ± 5

4 ± 2

8 ± 3

Anemia (number, %)^b

14 (33%)

37 (74%)

13 (90%)

35 (100%)

26 (97%)