Table 1.

Characteristics of the study participants

	Malaria diagnosis
	Positive N = 73	Negative N = 194	Total N = 267	*P value
Gender n (%)
♀	21 (28.8%)	98 (50.5%)	119 (44.6%)	0.001
♂	52 (71.2%)	96 (49.5%)	148 (55.4%)	0.001
Age	28 (9–54)	30 (4–71)	29 (4–71)	0.531
TREA (years)	25 (1–33)	24 (2–32)	24 (1–63)	0.079
NPE	5 (0–50)	5 (0–99)	5 (0–99)	0.072
TLI (Months)	6 (0–360)	12.5 (0–420)	12 (0–420)	0.016

Data expressed as n (%) of patients; Time of Residence in years TREA; Number of Previous Episodes NPE; Time since Last Infection TLI; Age, TREA, NPE and TLI expressed as median (minimum-maximum); *Statistical significance determined by Mann Whitney U and Chi-square tests.