Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of study groups

	Healthy control	Non anaemic	Anaemic children	P Value
Cases (Male/Female)	N = 21 (12/9)	N = 34 (16/18)	N = 50 (32/18)
Haemoglobin g/dl (SD)	11.64 (1.16)	11.42 (1.68)	8.08 (1.51)	< 0.0001*
Age (Months)	18.95 (11.52)	19.45 (8.4)	17.62 (6.1)	0.0936
Parasite density/200wbc)	-	2884.2(3122.5)	2700.64 (3458)	0.9715

Haemoglobin level are presented as means (Standard deviation) Data on age and parasite density are presented in Median (Interquartile range) values* Significant difference between anaemic and non anaemic children