Table 4.

Anthropometric differences in P. falciparum positive versus P. falciparum negative blood donors

	Negative donors	Positive donors	P valuesa
Number of donors	148	52	–
% male	86.5% (128/148)	94.2% (49/52)	0.205
Age in yearsb	33 [18–57]	29 [20–55]	0.013
Weight in kgb	74.6 [51–116.6]	69.2 [53–110]	0.025
Blood pressure in mmHgb	128.7 [97.7–198.9]	128.3 [100.6–156.9]	0.326
Pulse in bpmb	74 [48–102]	72 [51–96]	0.519
Haemoglobin in g/dLb	14.6 [6.4–19.6]	14.7 [11.6–16.5]	0.319

^aFisher’s exact test for categorical variables or Mann–Whitney test for continuous variables was applied

^bValues expressed as medians with ranges