Table 1.
Study population characteristics
| |
Percentage of children per seasons |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| (n = 212) | (n = 274) | (n = 177) | (n = 167) | |
|
Age in years |
|
|
|
|
| mean (SD*) |
9.5 (3.4) |
7.6(1.8) |
7.7(1.3) |
7.6 (1.1) |
| Median (IQR*) |
9.6 (7.1-12.0) |
7.4 (6.0-9.3) |
7.4 (6.6-8.7) |
7.7 (6.7-8.4) |
|
Genders,% |
|
|
|
|
| Female |
46.7 |
47.4 |
48.0 |
46.1 |
| Male |
53.3 |
52.6 |
52.0 |
53.9 |
| Fever | 21.2 | 20.1 | 22.0 | 10.2 |
*SD = Standard deviation, IQR = Interquartile Range.