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Table 1 General characteristics of study subjects stratified by presence of APFP

From: Impact of asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia on the imunohematological indices among school children and adolescents in a rural area highly endemic for Malaria in southern Mozambique

Age (years)

Parameter

 

5 - 11

  

12 - 20

 

Parasitized (n=116)

Non-parasitized (n=68)

p-value*

Parasitized (n=78)

Non-parasitized (n=81)

p-value*

Gender

      

   Male

59/82 (71.9%)

23/82 (28.1%)

 

56/100 (56.0%)

44/100 (44.0%)

 

   Female

40/71 (56.3%)

31/71 (43.7%)

0.044

37/85 (43.5%)

48/85 (56.5%)

0.091

Height (cm)

      

   Median

121

121

 

145

152

 

   IQR

115-128

115-127

0.974

138-154

141-158

0.036

Weight (Kg)

      

   Median

21.6

22.3

 

36.3

40.1

 

   IQR

19.9-25.6

20.0-25.0

0.693

30.4-43.7

32.5-46.9

0.042

BMI (Kg/m 2 )

      

   Median

15.4

15.4

 

16.8

17.6

 

   IQR

14.5-16.3

14.6-16.0

0.952

15.6-18.1

16.4-18.8

0.020

  1. * Mann–Whitney test.