Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study subjects
From: An update of malaria infection and anaemia in adults in Buea, Cameroon
variable | Aparasitaemic | Parasitaemic | p-value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | n | mean(SD)/% | n | mean(SD)/% | Â |
age(years) | 109 | 29.40(10.33) | 52 | 29.12(11.35) | 0.88 |
rural residence (%) | 53 | 28.65 | 25 | 39.06 | 0.29 |
Sex (% female) | 107 | 57.84 | 41 | 64.06 | 0.38 |
unemployed (%) | 147 | 80.33 | 47 | 73.44 | 0.25 |
monthly income (thousand FCFA) | 160 | 17.84(34.54) | 54 | 18.06(34.45) | 0.69†|
married (%) | 74 | 40.44 | 30 | 46.88 | 0.37 |
attained primary education (%) | 54 | 30.17 | 14 | 21.88 | 0.46 |
use of ITNb(%) | 30 | 17.14 | 10 | 16.39 | 0.89 |
use of antimalarial at homea (%) | 94 | 53.11 | 24 | 40.00 | 0.08 |
history of fever (%) | 116 | 65.17 | 54 | 84.38 | 0.004 |
Temperature (°C) | 170 | 37.35(0.75) | 59 | 37.63(1.09) | 0.03 |
white blood cell count (thousand per μl) | 177 | 5.06(4.86) | 64 | 5.03(2.39) | 0.96 |
red blood cell count (million per μl) | 177 | 4.28(0.85) | 64 | 4.19(1.17) | 0.51 |
mean corpuscular volume ( fl) | 178 | 95.02(18.45) | 64 | 96.45(26.88) | 0.64 |
platelet count (thousand per μl) | 177 | 154.25(53.12) | 64 | 133.5(50.80) | 0.007 |