| Cerebral malaria (CM) (n = 98) | Severe malarial anemia (SMA) (n = 47) | Asymptomatic P. falciparum parasitemia (AP) (n = 14) | P a |
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Age (months), median (IQR) | 41.5 (30.9–54.6) | 33.4 (24.9–52.4) | 48.5 (31.0–71.0) | 0.14 |
Sex (male), n (%) | 59 (60.2) | 35 (74.5) | 7 (50.0) | 0.14 |
Weight-for-age z-score, mean (SD) | –1.11 (1.49) n = 97 | –1.98 (1.39) | –0.31 (1.17) | 0.0001b |
Hemoglobin (g/dL), mean (SD) | 7.07 (2.30) | 3.81 (0.74) | 11.2 (2.15) | <0.0001c |
Parasite density (/μL), median (IQR) | 67,010 (18,030–347,010) n = 96 | 43,880 (11,940–156,040) n = 46 | 2170 (520–11,880) | <0.0001d |
Parasite load (PfHRP-2, ng/mL), median (IQR) | 2648 (883–5150) | 862 (288–2033) n = 46 | 88.8 (4.80–158) n = 13 | <0.0001c |
Sequestered biomass (x10^8), median (IQR)e | 17,928 (5323–39,891) n = 96 | 6249 (1303–15,839) n = 45 | 469 (0–1309) n = 13 | <0.0001c |