Therapeutic Efficacy of Artemether-Lumefantrine for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in Northern Ethiopia

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the study population at Tumuga Health Center, Alamata, November 2009.

Variables	Value
Sex
Female, no. (%)	26 (36.6)
Age (years)
Mean	15.2
Median	14
Range	2–70
No. (%)
<5	13 (18.3)
5–15	30 (42.3)
>15	28 (39.4)
Body weight (kg)
Mean	36.2±17.3
Range	9–74
Temp (°C), mean	38.2
Parasite count
Mean density (ring/μL)	20,672
Rate (%)	35.3