Parameter | Sex | Age group in years | Overall | P- value | ||||
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Female | Male | P-value | 4–9 | 10–14 | ||||
% (N) | 50.8 (308) | 49.2 (298) | Â | 59.1 (358) | 40.9 (248) | 100 (606) | Â | |
Mean age (SD) in years | 8.97 (2.0) | 8.91 (2.3) | 0.724 | 7.50 (1.4) | 11.0 (1.1) | 8.94 (2.1) | < 0.001 | |
Mean height (SD) in cm | 126.6 (12.3) | 123.7 (12.3) | 0.004 | 118.7 (10.1) | 134.5 (9.0) | 125.2 (12.4) | < 0.001 | |
Mean weight (SD) in kg | 28.2 (7.0) | 27.6 (9.3) | 0.431 | 24.4 (4.7) | 33.1 (9.3) | 27.9 (8.2) | < 0.001 | |
Site % (n) | Bafia | 18.2 (56) | 14.4 (43) | Â | 14.2 (51) | 19.4 (45) | 16.3 (99) | Â |
Ikata | 25.3 (78) | 23.5 (70) | 0.315 | 24.3 (87) | 24.6 (61) | 24.4 (148) | 0.216 | |
Likoko | 56.5 (174) | 62.1 (185) | Â | 61.5 (220) | 56.0 (139) | 59.2 (359) | Â | |
 |  | Clinical profile |  |  |  | |||
Fever prevalence (n) | 20.1 (61) | 23.6 (69) | 0.292 | 22.1 (77) | 21.4 (53) | 21.8 (130) | 0.826 | |
Anaemia prevalence (n) | 74.0 (228) | 74.8 (223) | 0.820 | 78.5 (281) | 68.5 (170) | 74.4 (451) | 0.006 | |
Malaria parasite prevalence (n) | 25.6 (79) | 23.2 (69) | 0.475 | 24.9 (89) | 23.8 (59) | 24.4 (148) | 0.73 | |
Asymptomatic malaria prevalence (n) | 20.8 (64) | 17.8 (53) | 0.351 | 19.8 (71) | 18.5 (46) | 19.3 (117) | 0.694 | |
UGS prevalence (n) | 28.6 (88) | 20.5 (61) | 0.021 | 23.5 (84) | 26.2 (65) | 24.6 (149) | 0.440 | |
Haematuria prevalence (n) | 14.9 (46) | 9.4 (28) | 0.037 | 11.2 (40) | 13.7 (34) | 12.2 (74) | 0.348 | |
aUnderweight prevalence (n) | 4.3 (10) | 8.9 (20) | 0.044 | 5.3 (19) | 11.0 (11) | 6.6 (30) | 0.042 | |
Stunting prevalence (n) | 16.9 (52) | 29.2 (87) | < 0.001 | 17.9 (64) | 30.2 (75) | 22.9 (139) | < 0.001 | |
bWasting prevalence (n) | 9.1 (1) | 4.5 (1) | 0.606 | 6.1 (2) | Â | 6.1 (2) | Â | |
Malnutrition prevalence (n) | 19.2 (59) | 32.9 (98) | < 0.001 | 21.2 (76) | 32.7 (81) | 25.9 (157) | 0.002 | |
Leucopenia prevalence (n) | 1.9 (6) | 2.0 (6) | 0.954 | 2.0 (7) | 2.0 (5) | 2.0 (12) | 0.958 | |
Microcytosis prevalence (n) | 40.3 (124) | 50.7 (298) | 0.010 | 51.7 (185) | 36.3 (90) | 45.4 (275) | < 0.001 | |
Thrombocytopaenia prevalence (n) | 11.0 (34) | 11.1 (33) | 0.989 | 13.4 (48) | 7.7 (19) | 11.1 (67) | 0.027 |