Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of malaria and control groups
| P-value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Pfa | Pvb | Mixed infection | CGc | Pf vs CG | Pv vs CG | Mixed infection vs CG |
| N | 42 | 26 | 58 | 101 | – | – | – |
| Aged | 31.31 ± 13.22 | 31.10 ± 10.64 | 30.52 ± 10.02 | 31.60 ± 11.30 | 0.911 | 0.854 | 0.687 |
| Sex (*M/F)e | 75.0/25.0 | 68.4/31.60 | 67.6/32.40 | 48.5/51.50 | 0.003 | 0.020 | 0.013 |
| Genomic Ancestryf,g | |||||||
| European | 0.529 ± 0.299 | 0.583 ± 0.272 | 0.587 ± 0.259 | 0.594 ± 0.201 | 0.354 | 0.890 | 0.766 |
| African | 0.242 ± 0.231 | 0.137 ± 0.169 | 0.161 ± 0.175 | 0.124 ± 0.124 | 0.018 | 0.392 | 0.040 |
| Native American | 0.235 ± 0.169 | 0.267 ± 0.169 | 0.263 ± 0.189 | 0.281 ± 0.180 | 0.302 | 0.976 | 0.602 |
The data are shown as mean ± standard deviation
Pfa, Plasmodium falciparum; Pvb, Plasmodium vivax; CGc, Control group; Student’s t-testd; Pearson’s chi-squared teste; Mann–Whitney testf; *M, male; F, female. The values highlighted in bold are statistically significant. The proportions of genomic ancestry were estimated using the STRUCTURE softwareg