Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study population included in this analysis
| Participants (N = 649) | |
|---|---|
| Age in years, median (IQR) | 9 (5–15) |
| Age strata, n (%) | |
| < 1 year | 15 (2.3) |
| 1–5 years | 166 (25.6) |
| 6–10 years | 191 (29.5) |
| 11–15 years | 119 (18.4) |
| 16–25 years | 76 (11.7) |
| > 25 years | 81 (12.5) |
| Sex, n (%) | |
| Female | 317 (48.8) |
| Male | 332 (51.2) |
| Malaria in previous 6 months, n (%) | |
| No | 311 (51.3) |
| Yes–once | 169 (27.9) |
| Yes–many | 126 (20.8) |
| Slept under bed net previous night, n (%) | |
| No | 47 (9.8) |
| Yes | 432 (90.2) |
| Household size, median (IQR) | 8 (6–10) |
| Site of residence, n (%) | |
| Bu (rural) | 87 (13.4) |
| Impuru (rural) | 123 (19.0) |
| Pema (rural) | 121 (18.6) |
| Ngamanzo (peri-urban) | 108 (16.6) |
| Iye (peri-urban) | 60 (9.2) |
| Kimpoko (peri-urban) | 122 (18.8) |
| Lingwala (urban) | 28 (4.3) |
| Number of samples per participant, median (IQR) | 2 (1–3) |
IQR = interquartile range.
A total of 1,267 samples with ≥ 100 P. falciparum parasites/µL from 649 participants during enrollment in the Kinshasa longitudinal study.