Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study participants
Characteristics | Arm | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | Passive | Chi-square | p-value | |||
(N = 397) | % | (N = 351) | % | |||
Age in years | ||||||
Less than 1 | 127 | 32.0 | 107 | 30.5 | ||
2-3 | 193 | 48.6 | 180 | 51.3 | ||
4-5 | 77 | 19.4 | 64 | 18.2 | ||
Sex | ||||||
Male | 221 | 55.6 | 191 | 54.4 | ||
Female | 176 | 44.3.4 | 160 | 45.6 | ||
Ethnicity | ||||||
Basoga | 392 | 98.7 | 341 | 97.2 | ||
Others | 5 | 1.3 | 10 | 2.8 | ||
Slept in bed net | ||||||
Yes | 143 | 36.0 | 130 | 37.1 | 0.08 | 0.777 |
No | 254 | 64.0 | 221 | 62.9 | ||
Was the bed net treated | ||||||
Yes | 109 | 76.8 | 117 | 90.0 | 9.07 | 0.002* |
No | 34 | 23.8 | 13 | 10.0 | ||
Fever in the past 24 hours | ||||||
Yes | 153 | 43.6 | 121 | 34.5 | 1.330 | 0.248 |
No | 244 | 56.4 | 230 | 65.5 | ||
Spleen rate | ||||||
Yes | 21 | 5.3 | 40 | 11.4 | 9.211 | 0.002* |
No | 376 | 94.7 | 311 | 88.6 | ||
RDT results | ||||||
Positive | 265 | 66.8 | 192 | 54.7 | 10.483 | 0.001* |
Negative | 132 | 33.2 | 159 | 45.3 | ||
Malaria asexual parasitemia | ||||||
Positive | 294 | 70.1 | 281 | 80.1 | 5.057 | 0.025 |
Negative | 103 | 29.9 | 70 | 19.9 | ||