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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants

From: Influence of blood group, Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and Haemoglobin genotype on Falciparum malaria in children in Vihiga highland of Western Kenya

Characteristics

SMA

(Hb < 5.0 g/dL)

(n = 137)

Non-SMA

(Hb ≥ 5.0 g/dL)

(n = 437)

P-value

Demographic Characteristics

 Sex

  Females

68 49.6)

230 (52.6)

0.540a

  Males

69 (50.4)

207 (47.4)

 

 Age in months

11.3 (11.6)

14.6 (10.5)

0.004b

Laboratory information

 Hb, g/dL

4.2 (1.3)

8.5 (2.2)

< 0.001b

 Parasite (/μL)

30,750.0 (102,680.5)

42,312.0 (125,216.8)

< 0.093 b

 WBCx103/uL

13.5 (8.8)

12.1 (6.2)

< 0.001b

 Glucose, mmol/L

6.0 (1.5)

5.8 (1.9)

0.584 b

 RBCx1012/μL

2.4 (0.8)

3.5 (0.7)

< 0.001b

  1. Data are presented as medians (IQR, interquartile range) or indicated as number (n) and proportion (%) of subjects. aPearson’s Chi-square test for sex distribution. bStatistical analysis was performed using Mann-Whitney U test