Etramp5 as a useful serological marker in children to assess the immediate effects of mass drug campaigns for malaria

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants, by year and exposure group

	Control group		P value^a	tMDA group		P value^a
	2017	2018		2017	2018
Time-invariant
Number	580	580		174	174
Female	0.45			0.52
Commune
Moron	0.25			0.01
Chambellan	0.25			0.04
Dame-Marie	0.41			0.18
Anse-d’Hainault	0.08			0.70
Les Irois	0.01			0.07
Time-variant
Age (mean)^b	10.4	11.4	< 0.001	11.3	12.3	< 0.001
Slept under a bed net the night before	0.45	0.37	0.005	0.53	0.49	0.453
History of fever (last 2 weeks)	0.02	0.05	0.009	0.02	0.05	0.190
RDT positive	0.01	0.00	0.005	0.04	0.00	0.008
Occupation of the head of the household
Farmer	0.83	0.74	< 0.001	0.78	0.76	0.064
Shop keeper	0.10	0.12		0.10	0.17
Other	0.07	0.01		0.12	0.07
Large household (> 5 members)	0.61	0.66	0.077	0.63	0.72	0.086
Household owns ≥ 1 bed net	0.53	0.53	0.076	0.62	0.70	0.142
Household owns livestock	0.62	0.73	< 0.001	0.49	0.66	0.002
Household received IRS (last 3 months)	0	0.10	< 0.001	0	0.58	< 0.001

tMDA targeted mass drug administration, RDT rapid diagnostic test, IRS indoor residual spraying
^aChi-2 test (or t-test for continuous variable) on within-group difference
^bAge ranged 5–19 years old. Ranges were similar across groups

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