Table 3.
Clinical characteristics of 274 Kenyan individuals enrolled in the study.
| Characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | |
| ≤2 | 29 |
| 3–5 | 60 |
| 6–10 | 93 |
| 11≤ | 92 |
| Average | 8.4 |
| Sex | |
| Male | 119 |
| Female | 155 |
| Hemoglobin (g/dL) | |
| <7 | 3 |
| 7–9 | 22 |
| 10–13 | 162 |
| 13< | 87 |
| Average (95% CI) | 12.1 ± 0.2 |
| Plasmodium infection status evaluated by nested PCR (number of individuals) | |
| Pf | 48 |
| Pf+Po | 4 |
| Pf+Pm | 1 |
| Negative | 221 |
| Parasitemia; Median (range) | 0.04% (0.00043%–1.32%) |
| Plasmodium infection status evaluated by RDTa (number of individuals) | |
| Positive | 152 |
| Negative | 122 |
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