Table 2 |
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Test results of children sampled, by community (N = 296) |
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| Manhyia (n = 148) |
Moshie Zongo (n = 148) |
p-value1 |
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| Female sex, n (%) |
74 (50.0%) |
84 (56.8%) |
0.244 |
| Age in years, median (range) |
5 (1, 9) |
5 (1, 9) |
0.571 |
| Presence of P. falciparum parasitaemia, n (%) |
19 (12.8%) |
56 (37.8%) |
< 0.001*** |
| Axillary temp ≥ 37.5°C or reported fever past 48 hours |
28 (18.9%) |
50 (33.8%) |
0.004** |
| Clinical malaria, n (%) 2 |
5 (3.4%) |
25 (16.9%) |
< 0.001*** |
| Haemoglobin level in g/dl, mean (standard deviation) |
11.3 (1.28) |
10.5 (1.25) |
< 0.001*** |
| Any anaemia: Hb < 11 g/dl, n (%) |
51 (34.5%) |
98 (66.2%) |
< 0.001*** |
| Moderate to severe anaemia: Hb < 8 g/dl, n (%) |
3 (2.0%) |
4 (2.7%) |
1.000 |
| Malnourished (stunted, wasted, or underweight), n (%) |
28/147 (19.0%) |
40/147 (27.2%) |
0.097 |
| Stunted (height-for-age Z-score < -2 ref mean), n (%) |
11 (7.4%) |
31/147 (21.1%) |
0.001** |
| Underweight (weight-for-height Z-score < -2), n (%) |
15 (10.1%) |
19/147 (12.9%) |
0.453 |
| Wasted (weight-for-age Z-score < -2), n (%) |
8/147 (5.4%) |
8/146 (5.5%) |
0.989 |
| Low MUAC-for-height (Z-score < -2), n (%)3 |
7 (4.7%) |
9/147 (6.1%) |
0.597 |
| Intestinal helminths, n (%)4 |
4/98 (4.1%) |
0/99 (0.0%) |
0.059 |
| Reported history of diarrhoea in past 48 hours, n (%) |
28 (18.9%) |
50/147 (34.0%) |
0.003** |
| Rural travel in past 3 weeks, n (%) |
4 (2.7%) |
6 (4.1%) |
0.520 |
| Reported malaria medication in past 2 weeks, n (%) |
31 (20.9%) |
46 (31.1%) |
0.047* |
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1. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001 2. P. falciparum infection with an axillary temp ≥ 37.5°C or reported fever past 48 hours 3. MUAC = mid upper arm circumference 4. Four cases of Dicrocoelium dendriticum |
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Ronald et al. Malaria Journal 2006 5:105 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-5-105 |
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