Table 1.
Demographic, clinical and laboratory characteristics of the Papuan and non-Papuan study subjects at disease presentation
| |
Papuans |
Non Papuans |
P |
|---|---|---|---|
| n=57 | n=105 | ||
| Age |
22 (15–39) |
24 (15–44) |
0.0028 |
| Male: Female |
48 : 9 |
98 : 7 |
0.063 |
| Residence in years |
21.5 (15–39) y |
3 (2m to 24) y |
0.000 |
| Previous clinical malaria*† |
2 (0–16) |
3 (0–11) |
0.15 |
| Time since last malaria attack* |
14w (8w-17m) |
9w (6w-5.6m) |
0.043 |
| Duration of illness in days† |
4 (1–30) |
2 (1–30) |
0.0003 |
| Temperature† |
38 (36.5-41) |
38.6 (36.1-41.3) |
0.1 |
| Splenomegaly |
26 (45.6%) |
27 (25.7%) |
0.01 |
| Anaemia§ |
34/52 (65.4%) |
36/100 (36%) |
0.001 |
| Moderate anaemia| |
16/52 (30.8%) |
20/100 (20%) |
0.138 |
|
P. falciparum parasitaemia‡ |
3,007(20–64,998) |
2,346 (38–74,432) |
0.76 |
| P. vivax parasitaemia‡ | 703 (55–9920) | 2,592 (54–14124) | 0.034 |
Continuous data are median (range) unless otherwise stated.
* number of previous malaria episodes by history.
† median (range).
§ Anaemia = haemoglobin?<?13 g/dL (male), & 12 g/dL (female).
|Moderate anaemia = haemoglobin?<?11 g/dL both sexes.
‡ median (range).