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Table 3 Basic characteristics of the study population

From: Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1 block 2 gene polymorphism in field isolates along the slope of mount Cameroon: a cross – sectional study

Parameter

n

All subjects

n

AP

n

UM

P value

GMPDa

256

15715

64

6328

192

21730

0.030

Age [Mean ± SD] (years)

256

13.8 ± 13.1

64

8.7 ± 8.0

192

15.5 ± 14.0

<0.001

Weight [Mean ± SD] (kg)

224

36.6 ± 24.7

61

27.4 ± 18.8

163

40.1 ± 25.9

0.001

Hb [Mean ± SD] (g/dl)

243

10.7 ± 2.1

64

10.1 ± 1.6

179

10.9 ± 2.2

0.006

Anaemia prevalence (%)

116

47.2

38

33.0

77

67.0

0.024

Reported antimalarial use (%)

40

30.5

3

6.5

37

43.5

<0.001

Altitude

       

Low

31

12.6

11

35.5

20

64.5

0.118

Intermediate

161

65.2

35

21.7

126

78.3

High

55

22.3

18

32.7

37

67.3

Locality

       

Rural

34

13.7

19

55.9

15

44.1

<0.001

Semi-rural

144

58.1

39

27.1

105

72.9

Semi-urban

70

28.2

6

8.6

64

91.4

Gender

       

Female

133

52.4

30

22.6

103

77.4

0.310

Male

121

47.6

34

28.1

87

71.9

Ethnicity

       

Bantu

62

27.8

12

19.4

50

80.6

0.109

Semi-bantu

161

72.2

48

29.8

113

70.2

  1. aGMPD geometric mean parasite density per microliter of blood
  2. AP Asymptomatic parasitaemia, UM Uncomplicated Malaria