Table 2 |
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Characteristics of the study population and houses by areas (intervention hills, control hills) and by zones |
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| Zone 1 |
Zone 2 |
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| Intervention hills |
Control hills |
Intervention hills |
Control hills |
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| Study population |
n = 85 |
n = 85 |
n = 85 |
n = 85 |
| Median age in year (percentile 25 – percentile 75) |
19 (9–38) |
20 (9–40) |
18 (7–32) |
20 (7–37) |
| Proportion of women |
58.8% a |
58.8%a |
62.4%a |
52.9%a |
| At least one malaria attack during the last 2 months |
74.1%a |
81.2%a |
35.3%b |
38.8%b |
| At least one malaria treatment the last 2 months |
52.9%a |
64.7%a |
7.1%b |
8.2%b |
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| Houses |
n = 85 |
n = 85 |
n = 85 |
n = 85 |
| Traditional houses1 |
92.9%a |
90.6%a |
95.3%a |
95.3%a |
| Roof made of thatch |
56.4%a |
69.4%a |
49.4%a |
41.1%a |
| Open eaves |
42.4%ac |
52.9% a |
29.4%bc |
20.0%b |
| Animals inside |
37.6%a |
42.4%a |
68.2%b |
67.1%b |
| Houses near the marsh2 |
28.2%a |
29.4% a |
47.1% ab |
57.6%b |
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1 Walls make with mud bricks or mud, 2 Houses within 500 meters Results on the same line with identical subscript letter are not significantly different |
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Protopopoff et al. Malaria Journal 2007 6:93 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-6-93 |
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