Table 1. Study population and reference test results.

	Control		HAT		p-value
	n/N		n/N
% male	53/117	45%	53/117	45%
Median age (IQR)	117	28 (19–41)	117	28 (20–42)
Anti-malaria drugs (CI)	20/116	17.2% (10.3–24.2)	36/112	32.1% (23.3–40.9)	0.01
Thick blood film positive	13/112	11.6% (5.6–17.6)	9/111	8.1% (3.0–13.3)	0.5
Median Plasmodium density/µl in positive thick blood film (IQR)	10/13	59 (15–143)	6/9	109 (52–296)
Malaria PCR positive	44/117	37.6% (28.7–46.5)	35/116	30.2% (21.7–38.7)	0.4
Pf-PCR positive	38/117	32.5% (23.9–41.1)	31/116	26.7% (18.6–34.9)	0.3

IQR: interquartile range, CI: confidence interval.