Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of study population
Variables | Parasite | Parasite | Total Sample (n = 463) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Negative (n = 296) | Positive (n = 167) | |||
Groups (%) | ||||
Children | 102 (34.5) | 82 (49.1) | 184 (39.7) | 0.008 |
Adults | 106 (35.8) | 48 (28.7) | 154 (33.3) | |
Pregnant women | 88 (29.7) | 37 (22.2) | 125 (27.0) | |
Gender (%) | ||||
Female | 215 (72.6) | 122 (73.1) | 337 (72.8) | 1.0 |
Male | 81 (27.4) | 45 (26.9) | 126 (27.2) | |
Sickle cell trait (%) | ||||
Negative | 272 (95.8) | 156 (96.3) | 428 (96.0) | 0.984 |
Positive | 12 (4.2) | 6 (3.7) | 18 (4.0) | |
Missing | 12 | 5 | 17 | |
Blood group (%) | ||||
A | 57 (19.8) | 30 (18.4) | 87 (19.3) | 0.517 |
AB | 14 (4.9) | 12 (7.4) | 26 (5.8) | |
B | 93 (32.3) | 45 (27.6) | 138 (30.6) | |
O | 124 (43.1) | 76 (46.6) | 200 (44.3) | |
Hemoglobin levels mean, (SD) | 11.1 (1.7) | 11.0 (1.6) | 11.1 (1.7) | 0.329 |