Table 4.

Variance components analysis using SOLAR. Values presented are p values for the different components included. Bold figures correspond to p < 0.05.

Covariates	Parasite load	Clinical episodes	Haemoglobin
Age	n/sa	0.001	n/s
Sex	n/s	n/s	n/s
Total copy number	n/s	0.098	n/s
Ageb	n/s-removedb	0.001	n/s-removed
Sexb	n/s-removed	n/s-removed	n/s-removed
Total copy numberb	n/s-removed	0.041	0.035
Age * sex	n/s-removed	0.059	0.049
Sex * total copy number	n/s-removed	0.034	n/s-removed
Sex * total copy numberb	n/s-removed	0.063	n/s-removed

^aNot significant.

^bNot significant, and removed from the final analysis.