Table 1.

Prevalence of asymptomatic malaria by sex among school children.

Parasite	Number (%) infected
	Male	Female	Total	P value	χ 2
	N = 132	N = 253	N = 385
P.  falciparum	10 (7.6)∗	10 (54)	20 (5.2)	0.128	2.31
P.  vivax	3 (2.3)	3 (1.2)	6 (1.6)	0.414	0.67
Total	13 (9.8)	13 (5.1)	26 (6.8)	0.080	3.06

^*Figures in parentheses indicate percentages.