Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the participants
|
Endemic controls |
Asymptomatic malaria |
Symptomatic malaria |
Severe malaria |
P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Survivors |
Deaths |
|||||
| n=176 | n=148 | n=187 | n=13 | n=6 | ||
| Male (%) |
72 (40.9) |
70 (47.3) |
93 (49.7) |
7 (53.8) |
3 (50.0) |
0.504 |
| Age - years |
|
|
|
|
|
<0.001 |
| Median |
32 |
40 |
33 |
22 |
27 |
|
| IQR |
24-45 |
32-49 |
27-42 |
16-30 |
13-44 |
|
| Years residing in the area |
|
|
|
|
|
<0.001 |
| Median |
12.6 |
11.8 |
7.6 |
2.6 |
3 |
|
| IQR |
3.2-14.8 |
3.5-16.4 |
0.6-10.1 |
0.5-4.8 |
0.3-5.2 |
|
| Parasites/μL |
|
|
|
|
|
<0.001 |
| <500 |
176 |
145 |
49 |
0 |
0 |
|
| (100%) |
(98.0%) |
(26.2%) |
||||
| 500-5,000 |
0 |
3(2.0%) |
84 |
4 |
1 |
|
| |
(44.9%) |
(30.8%) |
(16.7%) |
|||
| 5,001-50,000 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
6 |
3 |
|
| (26.7%) |
(46.1%) |
(50%) |
||||
| >50,000 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
3 |
2 |
|
| (2.1%) | (23.1%) | (33.3%) | ||||
IQR: interquartile range.