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Table 1 Summary characteristics of the PCMH 2006 study subjects (N = 164)

From: T-cell epitope polymorphisms of the Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein among field isolates from Sierra Leone: age-dependent haplotype distribution?

Sex

Age (in years)

Number of subjects

Totala

Group

Mean ± SD

Inpatient

Outpatient

N (n)

Female

<5 yr

2.1 ± 1.4

16 (4)

14 (5)

30 (9)

 

5–14 yr

8.5 ± 3.0

3 (1)

14 (3)

17 (4)

 

≥ 15 yr

25.6 ± 6.7

3 (0)

67 (18)

70 (18)

Subtotal

 

17.1 ± 11.9

22 (5)

95 (26)

117 (31)

Male

<5 yr

1.8 ± 1.3

9 (7)

14 (14)

23 (21)

 

5–14 yr

8.5 ± 2.8

8 (6)

8 (8)

16 (14)

 

≥ 15 yr

26.5 ± 7.5

0 (0)

8 (6)

8 (6)

Subtotal

 

8.3 ± 9.5

17 (13)

30 (28)

47 (41)

  1. a N represent the total number of blood sample donors and numbers in parentheses indicate subjects whose DNA samples were successfully sequenced and analyzed (n = 72)