Placébo «Spiruline plus» Total
sex (n=129)      
men 15 (22.1%) 6 (9.8%) 21 (16.3%)
women 53 (77.9%) 55 (90.2%) 108 (83.7%)
Age (n=126)      
<40 years 38 (56.7%) 37 (62.7%) 75 (59.5%)
>40 years 29 (43.3%) 22 (37.3%) 51 (40.5%)
weight (n=117)      
<60 kg 34 (54.0%) 23 (42.6%) 57 (48.7%)
>60 kg 29 (46.0%) 31 (57.4%) 60 (51.3%)
ethnic (n=121)      
Bissa 3 (4.7%) 1 (1.7%) 4 (3.3%)
Dioula - 1 (1.7%) 1 (0.8%)
Gourounsi 5 (7.8%) 4 (7.0%) 9 (7.4%)
Mossi 47 (73.4%) 39 (68.4%) 86 (71.1%)
Peulh - 3 (5.3%) 3 (2.5%)
Autres 9 (14.1%) 9 (15.8%) 18 (14.9%)
Table 3: Characteristics of the study population at 6 months follow-up.