Table 1.

Patient characteristics.

	HIV negative (N = 272)		HIV positive (N = 858)
	n	%	n	%
Age in years (N = 1106)
<25	118	45.4	41	4.8
25–54	104	40.0	652	77.1
≥25	38	14.6	153	18.1
Sex (N = 1130)
Male	89	32.7	288	33.6
Female	183	67.3	570	66.4
Matrimonial status (N = 839)
Married	50	56,8	344	45,8
Not married	38	43,2	407	54,2
Education level (N = 809)
No or primary	42	48.3	141	19.5
Secondery	41	47.1	394	54.6
High	4	4.6	187	25.9
Bednet use (N = 781)
No	66	48.2	437	67.9
Yes	71	51.8	207	32.1
Previous antimalarial treatment (N = 863)
No	38	77.6	779	95.7
Yes	11	22.4	35	4.3
Anemia (N = 484)
No			277	57.2
Yes			207	42.8
Exposed to ART (N = 756)
No ART			116	15.3
ART			640	84.7
Exposed to cotrimoxazole (N = 835)
No CTX			515	61.7
CTX			320	38.3
CD4 cell count in mm3/µL (N = 521)
<200			153	29.4
200–499			219	42.0
≥500			149	28.6