Table 1.

Demographic and parasitological characteristics of the study population in Tanzania

Parameters	Study site			P value
	Muheza (n = 88)	Muleba (n = 88)	Nachingwea (n = 88)
Median age (years) (25–75 % IQR)	4.2 (2.1–6.3)	4.4 (2.2–13.0)	5.2 (2.9–12.6)	0.16
Sex, female n (%)	42 (47.7)	48 (54.5)	51 (58.0)	0.38
Mean haemoglobin (g/dL), (SD)a	10.4 (1.8)	9.9 (2.4)	9.7 (2.4)	0.08
GMPD (95 % CI)a	18,603 (13,280–26,060)	3700 (1899–7211)	12,968 (8066–20,848)	<0.001
Fever at presentation (≥37.5 °C), n (%)	65 (73.9)	59 (67.1)	47 (53.4)	0.02
Antimalarial treatment history, n (%)	NA	10 (11.4)	5 (6.2)	0.23

Significant values are in boldface

IQR inter-quartile range, GMPD geometric mean parasite density, asexual parasites/µL of blood

^aOne way ANOVA was used to test the differences between the study sites