. 2019 Jan 18;18:11. doi: 10.1186/s12936-019-2647-8

Table 1.

Study population characteristics

Characteristics of the participants	Number (%) [n = 601]
Female	308 (51.2)
Blood haemoglobin concentration, mean ± SD, g/dl	10.8 ± 1.5
Anaemia^a	278 (46.3)
Parasitaemia by microscopy	39 (6.5)
Parasitaemia by RDT^b	60 (9.9)
Number of children with malarial episodes	144 (23.9)
Single episode	119 (19.8)
Multiple episodes	25 (4.2)
Low socio-economic status	357 (59.4)
Mother’s education below median	321 (53.4)

^aAnaemia defined as Hb ≤ 10.9 g/dl

^bRapid diagnostic test