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. 2015 Feb 25;10(2):e0116300. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116300

Table 4. Effect of ITN usage on malaria parasitaemia [% (n)] of study participants with different sociodemographic characteristics in the South West Region of Cameroon.

Variable Semi-urban Rural
Subclass ITN use P value ITN use P value
n No Yes n No Yes
Age groups (years) < 5 127 27.1 (13) 15.2 (12) 0.102 50 39.3 (11) 36.4 (8) 0.833
5–9 118 39.0 (16) 33.8 (26) 0.570 45 46.2 (12) 36.8 (7) 0.532
10–14 71 43.8 (7) 20.0 (11) 0.059 28 14.3 (2) 35.7 (5) 0.192
≥ 15 280 10.4 (13) 7.1 (11) 0.131 79 11.4 (4) 6.8 (3) 0.372
Gender Male 262 27.4 (26) 19.2 (32) 0.124 88 24.4 (11) 30.2 (13) 0.542
Female 334 17.0 (23) 14.1 (28) 0.459 115 31.0 (18) 17.5 (10) 0.092
Ethnicity Semi—Bantu 360 18.0 (29) 13.6 (27) 0.247 177 28.2 (24) 23.9 (22) 0.512
Bantu 122 29.4 (20) 9.3 (5) 0.006 26 27.8 (5) 12.5 (1) 0.378
Altitude Low 109 21.9 (16) 22.2 (8) 0.971 74 19.0 (4) 20.8 (11) 0.869
Intermediate 487 21.0 (33) 15.8 (52) 0.153 129 30.5 (25) 25.5 (12) 0.549