Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the individuals enrolled in the study
| Characteristic | Result by subject group |
P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symptomatic malaria (n = 78) | Asymptomatic malaria (n = 106) | Noninfected (n = 80) | ||
| No. (%) male | 39 (50.00) | 47 (44.34) | 37 (46.25) | 0.7468a |
| Median (IQRb) age (yr) | 36 (27.75–50) | 42 (32–49) | 35 (25.25–45) | 0.0307c |
| Median (IQR) no. of previous malaria infection episodes | 6.5 (1–13) | 15 (12–19) | 12.5 (6.25–17) | <0.0001c |
| No. (%) of individuals residing in the area for the following no. of yr: | 0.0011a | |||
| ≤2 | 26 (33.33) | 24 (22.64) | 19 (23.75) | |
| 3 to 10 | 17 (21.80) | 7 (6.60) | 19 (23.75) | |
| >10 | 35 (44.87) | 75 (70.76) | 42 (52.50) | |
a
Categorized variables were compared using a chi-square test.
b
IQR, interquartile range.
c
Ordinal variables were compared using the Kruskal-Wallis test with Dunn's multiple-comparison test.