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. 2008 Dec 8;3(12):e3887. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003887

Table 3. Percentage of variation in P. falciparum (Pf) and P. vivax (Pv) phenotypes explained by environmental factors (and their interactions) in the statistical analyses.

Phenotype Acronym Age group Gender Hamlet Date Age.gender Age.hamlet gender.hamlet Age.gender.hamlet
% (p) % (p) % (p) % (p) % (p) % (p) % (p) % (p)
A. Clinical Phenotypes
Number of visits Pf+ PFA 2.3 0.6 1.9 6.3 0.11 (0.009) 0.69 (0.001) 0.15 (0.003) 0
Proportion of visits Pf+ PPFA 1.8 0.5 1.5 5.0 0.13 (0.027) 0.51 0.12 0.26 (0.041)
Number of non-malaria fever visits NMF 0.8 0.2 0.8 2.6 0.03 0.35 0.03 (0.025) 0.03
Number of visits Pv+ PVA 4.4 0.3 0.4 4.2 0.3 (0.003) 1.4 0.2 (0.027) 0
Proportion of visits Pv+ PPVA 3.5 0.2 0.4 3.3 0.2 (0.003) 1.1 0.14 (0.027) 0
B. Parasite Biological Phenotypes
Pf max parasite density mx-PFD 17.7 0.5 (0.022) 0.8 (0.014) 10.1 0 2.0 (0.004) 0 0
Pf parasite densities PFD 11.2 0 0 7.2 0 0 0 0
Pv max parasite density mx-PVD 6.2 0 0.6 (0.12a) 8.8 0 5.1 (0.003) 0 0
Pv parasite densities PVD 3.3 0 3.0 (0.001) 5.9 (0.011) 0 0 0 0

In parentheses, p is the p-value; in bold, p-value<10−3.

a

Retained because of significant interaction with Age.