Table 3.

Univariate analysis for malaria parasitaemia by microscopy and CareStart™ Malaria HRP2 (Pf) in health care facilities in Ghana

Characteristics	Microscopy			CareStart™ Malaria HRP2 (Pf)
	Total	%	P-value	Total	%	P-value
Gender
Male	6131	20.6		6531	39.8
Female	11,331	14.2	< 0.001	11,945	28.7	< 0.001
Age group (yrs)
< 5	2907	22.8		3083	39.1
5–9	2601	31.9		2849	54.6
10–14	1542	28.5		1651	53.8
15–19	1567	18.4		1659	38.6
≥ 20	8845	7.4	< 0.001	9234	18.9	< 0.001
aEducation
None	3455	10.6		3617	24.1
Primary	4288	26.2		2239	48.4
Junior High	2885	12.8		3026	28.9
Senior High	2392	10.1		2517	23.4
Tertiary	1535	7.0	< 0.001	1609	15.7	< 0.001
bMarital status
Single	3587	10.3		3988	26.4
cMarried	6084	7.8		6372	19.3
dDivorced	515	7.2	< 0.001	533	19.3	< 0.001
ePAMI
No	15,660	16.9		16,567	32.6
Yes	1802	12.5	< 0.001	1909	32.8	0.847

^aControlled for patients aged < 5 yrs

^bControlled for patients aged < 15 yrs

^cIncludes cohabiting

^dIncludes separated

^ePrevious antimalarial intake