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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of our study population

From: Population structure and diversity of Plasmodium falciparum in children with asymptomatic malaria living in different ecological zones of Ghana

Coastal

Forest

Sahel

 

Ada

Dodowa

Konongo

Kumbungu

Tamale

 

Dry (116)

Rainy (148)

Rainy (59)

Dry (117)

Rainy (216)

Dry (85)

Rainy (132)

Dry (103)

Rainy (192)

Male (N (%))

42 (36.2)

58 (39.2)

14 (23.7)

60 (51.3)

116 (53.7)

28 (32.9)

63 (47.7)

59 (57.3)

109 (56.8)

Age/yrs

 Mean (SEM)

9.0 (0.21)

9.3 (0.17)

9.6 (0.23)

8.9 (0.23)

9.3 (0.13)

9.6 (0.19)

9.3 (0.21)

9.2 (0.21)

9.2 (0.15)

 Min - Max

3–13

4–12

4–12

3–12

3–13

5–13

3–13

4–12

4–13

PD (p/μl)

 Mean (SEM)

53.5 (13.95)

84.9 (20.72)

120.6 (35.69)

38.0 (2.8)

82.4 (14.7)

69.0 (14.36)

75.8 (21.09)

40.2 (6.06)

230.4 (105.4)

 Min - Max

18–229

8–401

24–379

22–61

6–549

33–132

14–453

16–111

14–3254

 Micro (N (%))

14 (12.1)

19 (12.8)

10 (16.9)

15 (12.8)

52 (24.1)

6 (7.1)

24 (18.2)

14 (13.6)

34 (17.7)

 PCR (N (%))

24 (20.7)

26 (17.6)

18 (30.5)

70 (59.8)

127 (58.8)

21 (24.7)

65 (49.2)

29 (28.2)

81 (42.4)

  1. N Count; SEM Standard Error of Mean; Min Minimum; Max Maximum; Pos Positive; PD Parasite density is reported as parasites (p)/μl; Micro Parasite prevalence estimated by microscopy; PCR Parasite prevalence estimated by PCR