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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and clinical information of the study population

From: Predictors of antibiotics co-prescription with antimalarials for patients presenting with fever in rural Tanzania

Variables

Total (N = 11648)

Age, median (Inter quartile range)

6.4 (2 – 19)

Under fives, n (%)

5,005 (43)

Female, n (%)

6,361 (54.6)

Positive malaria n, (%)

4,013 (34.5)

Temperature, mean ± SD

37.7 ± 0.6°C

Taken medicine before going to health facility, n (%)

2,900 (25)

Average number of drugs prescribed, mean ± SD

2.4 ± 0.8

Proportion co-prescribed AL with antibiotics, n (%)

2,265 (19.5)