Table 1. Characteristics of the study cohort at screening (December 2013- December 2014).
Total | Cahuide | Lupuna | |||||
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n | % | n | % | n | % | P-value | |
Individuals | 1935 | - | 1062 | - | 873 | - | NA |
Age, mean (95% CI) | 27.8 (4, 67) | 26.0 (4, 65) | 30.2 (5, 70) | <0.001 | |||
Age | |||||||
≤5y | 202 | 10.4 | 123 | 11.6 | 79 | 9.0 | <0.001 |
>5y - 10y | 286 | 14.8 | 167 | 15.7 | 119 | 13.6 | |
>10y - 15y | 250 | 12.9 | 161 | 15.2 | 89 | 10.2 | |
>15y - 25y | 311 | 16.1 | 153 | 14.4 | 158 | 18.1 | |
>25y | 886 | 45.8 | 458 | 43.1 | 428 | 49.0 | |
Male/female ratio | 1.1 | - | 1.1 | - | 1.0 | - | 0.555 |
Work status | |||||||
Employed | 658 | 34.0 | 348 | 32.8 | 310 | 35.5 | |
Students or children | 854 | 44.1 | 497 | 46.8 | 357 | 40.9 | |
Other (including housework) | 423 | 21.9 | 217 | 20.4 | 206 | 23.6 | 0.034 |
Households | 442 | - | 241 | - | 201 | - | NA |
House wall materials | <0.001 | ||||||
Brick, cement | 39 | 8.8 | 10 | 4.2 | 29 | 14.4 | |
Wood | 344 | 77.8 | 200 | 83.0 | 144 | 71.6 | |
Palm | 38 | 8.6 | 16 | 6.6 | 22 | 11.0 | |
Other | 21 | 4.8 | 15 | 6.2 | 6 | 3.0 | |
Had malaria previous year | 599 | 31.3 | 474 | 44.8 | 125 | 14.6 | <0.001 |
Number of visitsa | 7265 | - | 4091 | - | 3174 | - | NA |
Visits with symptomsa,b | 762 | 13.3 | 284 | 9.5 | 478 | 17.3 | <0.001 |
Clinical malaria casesa,c | |||||||
P. vivax | 56 | 1.0 | 17 | 0.6 | 39 | 1.4 | 0.734 |
P. falciparum | 2 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 | - |
atotal for 5 surveys
bfever, headache and/or chills (among those with full clinical data available at the time of visit and during the previous 7 days)
cby light microscopy at screening. NA, not applicable; CI, confidence interval.