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Table 1 Participants' demographic characteristics

From: Malaria with neurological involvement in Ugandan children: effect on cognitive ability, academic achievement and behaviour

Domain

Malaria group

Control group

P

Gender, male N (%)

37 (59.7)

34 (55.7)

0.40

Age (years)

7.22 (1.69)

8.07 (2.01)

0.01

School grade

2.41 (1.54)

2.84 (1.87)

0.17

Weight (kgs)

21.34 (5.22)

24.18 (6.29)

0.008

Height (cm)

119.22 (14.52)

120.87 (12.11)

0.53

Weight for age z score

-0.96 (1.14)

-0.74 (1.25)

0.30

Home environment score

23.46 (6.22)

23.93 (4.95)

0.64

Socio-economic score

10.26 (3.80)

9.38 (3.16)

0.19

  1. cm = centimetres, kgs = kilograms, N = Number. All values are Mean (SD) unless otherwise stated.