Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the study population
P. falciparum only (59) | Na - Pf (co-infected)(63) | EC group (36) | Na only | P-value | |
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Male n (%) | 20 (33.9) | 43 (68.3) | 16 (44.4) | 17 (42.5) | – |
Female n (%) | 39 (66.1) | 20 (31.7) | 20 (55.6) | 23 (57.5) | |
Age (Mean ± S.D) | 16.2 ± 14.26 | 16.19 ± 10.55 | 36.32 ± 19.27 | 31.88 ± 18.71 | < 0.0001a |
Pf density (Mean ± S.D) | 1481 ± 3263 | 794.4 ± 2021 | – | – | 0.1621b |
a Analysis was done using ANOVA; b Analysis was done using Unpaired T-test. Analysis was done only on Pre-treatment data