Table 1.

Clinical and demographic characteristics of patients with and without P. vivax malaria

Clinical and demographic characteristics	P. vivax malaria patients	Controls
	n = 111	N = 97
Careiro
Gender
Male n (%)	63 (57)	61 (63)
Female n (%)	48 (43)	36 (37)
Age/years (mean ± SD)	35.9 ± 17.8	34.2 ± 16
Previous history of malaria n (%)	72 (65)	–
Episodes of malaria (mean)	05	–
Plasmodium vivax (%)	81	–
Plasmodium falciparum (%)	19	–

Clinical and demographic characteristics	P. vivax malaria patients	Controls
	n = 208	n = 166
Brasileirinho + Ipiranga + Puraquequara
Gender
Male n (%)	131 (63)	84 (51)
Female n (%)	77 (37)	82 (49)
Age/years (mean ± SD)	39.5 ± 21.3	39.5 ± 21.3
Previous history of malaria n (%)	174 (84)	–
Episodes of malaria (mean)	10	–
Plasmodium vivax (%)	89	–
Plasmodium falciparum (%)	11	–