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Table 3 Effect of malaria parasitaemia status on temperature/fever and anaemia

From: Influence of Plasmodium gametocyte carriage on the prevalence of fever, splenomegaly and cardiovascular parameters in children less than 15 years in the Mount Cameroon area: cross sectional study

Parameter

Malaria parasitaemia status

Test

AP (n)

ASP Pos (n)

ASP + Gam Pos (n)

P- value

N

285

136

33

 

Mean Temperature

37.0 ± 0.6

37.0 ± 0.7

37.5 ± 0.8

9.66a

<0.001

Prevalence (%) of Fever

19.0 (54)

22.8 (31)

39.4 (13)

7.08b

0.025

Prevalence (%) of Anaemia

21.4 (61)

38.2 (52)

54.5 (18)

24.15b

<0.001

  1. aF test
  2. b-χ2 test