Baseline characteristics of cases
| Characteristic | Result |
| Recruited | n = 381 |
| Age (months)* | 20.4 (12.8) [381] |
| Hb (g/dl)* | 3.6 (0.8) [381] |
| CRP (mg/ml)* | 11.1 (8.5) [346] |
| Male | 178/381 (46.7%) |
| Wasted† | 52/330 (15.8%) |
| Stunted‡ | 176/331 (53.2%) |
| Malaria | 226/380 (59.5%) |
| HIV | 33/345 (9.6%) |
| Bacteraemia | 52/259 (20.1%) |
*Mean (SD) [total number].
†Z-score <−2 weight-for-height.
‡Z-score <−2 height-for-age.
CRP, C-reactive protein; Hb, haemoglobin.