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Table 1 Association between Sedentary life style and Infection status

From: Asymptomatic malaria and hepatitis B do not influence cytokine responses of persons involved in chronic sedentary activities

Infection status

Sedentary and non-sedentary groups

(X2), *p

> = 5 years + > = 10 h n (%)

> = 5 years + < 10 h n (%)

<  5 years + > = 10 h n (%)

<  5 years + < 10 h n (%)

Un-infected

212 (53.0)

96 (24.0)

50 (12.5)

16 (4.0)

7.08, *0.629

P. falciparum mono-infection

2 (0.5)

1 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.3)

HBV mono-infection

7 (1.8)

3 (0.8)

1 (0.3)

1 (0.3)

Co-infected

7 (1.8)

2 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.3)

  1. * analyzed using Pearson’s chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test
  2. χ2 = Chi-square value
  3. p significant at < 0.05 (2-tailed)
  4. n (%): numbers and proportions