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. 2023 Aug 31;16:309. doi: 10.1186/s13071-023-05929-4

Table 1.

Characteristics of study participants from Western Gambia across three different years

Variables 2015 2016 2021
Number (%) 15 (23.07) 26 (40) 24 (36.92)
Mean age ± SD 9 ± 3.74 8.21 ± 3.44 20.48 ± 10.28
Male 8 (61.5) 10 (41.7) 13 (54.2)
Female 5 (38.5) 14 (58.3) 11 (45.8)
Median parasitaemia (range) 1.85 (1–7%) 1.24 (0.21–5.2%) 1(0.4–3.6%)

SD standard deviation