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Table 2 Baseline data

From: A cluster-randomized trial of mass drug administration with a gametocytocidal drug combination to interrupt malaria transmission in a low endemic area in Tanzania

 

Intervention (8 clusters)

Placebo (n = 8 clusters)

Present at the time of the intervention

1,110

2,347

Arrived in the study area after the intervention

91

114

Proportion female, % (95% CI)

50.0 (47.0 - 53.1)

49.2 (47.2 - 51.1)

Age, median (IQR)

12 (5 - 26)

16 (6-32)

Parasite positive by rapid diagnostic test, % (95% CI)

0.4 (0.0 - 2.0)

1.0 (0.1 - 3.4)

Parasite positive by microscopy, % (95% CI)

0.0 (0.0 - 1.3)

0.0 (0.0 - 1.8)