Table 6.

Relationship between various malariometric indices

Comparison	Fulani (n = 63)	Dogon (n = 179)	Fulani + Dogon (n = 242)
Spleen size/Hb	0.440	0.116	0.032*
Spleen size/parasitaemia	0.459	0.701	0.117
Spleen size/fever	0.834	0.767	0.229
Fever/parasite density	r = 0.140, p = 0.274	r = 0.256, p = 0.005*	r = 0.382, P < 0.001*

Mann–Whitney rank sum test was used to test all associations except the association between fever and parasite density, which was tested with Spearman’s correlation. Values in this Table are p values, except the comparison between fever and parasitaemia, where correlation coefficient is reported in addition to the p value

* Statistically significant differences (p < 0.05)