Table 1.
Number of cases$ | Per cent parasitaemia (Mean ± SD) | p value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
P. falciparum | P. vivax | P. falciparum | P. vivax | ||
Outpatients | 121 | 767 | 1.30 ± 1.94% | 0.56 ± 0.67% | <0.001*** |
Inpatients | 107 | 71 | 1.35 ± 3.31% | 0.41 ± 0.65% | 0.005**# |
All patients | 228 | 838 | 1.32 ± 2.67% | 0.55 ± 0.67% | <0.001*** |
** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001, # Welch correction, $ excludes mixed-infection cases