Table 2.

Top transmitters (> 8 oocysts/mosquito) and nontransmitters matched for parasitemia^*

	Top 13 transmitters	Matched 13 nontransmitters	P value
Age in years
Mean (range)	39 (15–60)	34 (15–59)	0.347†
Sex
% Male	54	54
Temp at blood draw
Mean ± SD	37.3 ± 0.6°C	38.3 ± 0.8°C	0.003†
Heart rate
Mean ± SD	78 ± 10.5	92 ± 10.8	0.003†
Mean resp rate	19	19	0.767†
Hematocrit
Mean	41.8	40.4	0.509†
Days of symptoms
Mean (range)	3.6 (1.1)	5.0 (2.9)	0.133†
Parasitemia
Mean (range)	5383 (2048–11,231)	5268 (2058–9,000)	0.893†

^*The groups differed significantly for temperature at blood draw and average heart rate.

^†By independent t test.