Research Article
Biological and Phytochemical Investigations on Caesalpinia benthamiana, a Plant Traditionally Used as Antimalarial in Guinea
Table 2
Baseline characteristics of enrolled patients on day 0.
| Patient characteristics | Group I: Mz () | Group II: CQ () |
| Gender: male/female (ratio) | 10/11 (0.91) | 12/9 (1.33) | Age groups (%) | 5-6 | 2 (9.52%) | 2 (9.52%) | 7-8 | 1 (4.76%) | 4 (19.05%) | 9-10 | 6 (28.57%) | 4 (19.05%) | 11-12 | 5 (23.81%) | 8 (38.09%) | 13–15 | 7 (33.33%) | 3 (14.29%) | Mean of body temperature, °C (maxima-minima) | 36.87 (37.7–36.2) | 37.01 (37.5–36.0) | Geometric mean Parasitaemia/mm3 (±SD) | 1847,76 (1629,38) | 1753,95 (1557,99) | Haemoglobin concentration, mean (g/dl) | 8.65 (12–6) | 9.43 (14–5) | Hematocrit (%) | 35.48 (42–26) | 33.86 (40–26) | Blood glucose (mmol/l) | 5.89 (7.2–4.3) | 5.42 (7.2–4.4) |
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