Table 1 Demographic characteristics of 914 children enrolled in the Mali birth cohort.

From: IFN-λ4 is associated with increased risk and earlier occurrence of several common infections in African children

Sex

Males, n, %

467 (51.1)

Females, n, %

447 (48.9)

Follow up characteristics

Median time, weeks (range)

140 (52–264)

Median number of visits per child (range)

31 (5–81)

Children with at least one episode of infection during follow up, n (%) of all

Gastrointestinal infection (GII)

805 (88.1)

Respiratory infection (RI)

893 (97.7)

Malaria overall

696 (76.1)

Severe malaria (SM)

102 (11.2)

Non-severe malaria (NSM)

686 (75.1)