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Table 4 Demographic data for PCR-confirmed malaria positive patients in this study (n = 69)

From: Increased detection of Plasmodium knowlesi in Sandakan division, Sabah as revealed by PlasmoNex™

Characteristics

  

P. falciparum

P. vivax

P. knowlesi

P. malariae

 

N

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Gender

          

Male

58

84.1

27

46.6

11

19.0

19

32.8

1

100.0

Female

11

15.9

6

54.5

4

36.4

1

9.1

0

0

X2

   

0.2

 

1.6

 

2.5

 

0.2

P

   

0.627

 

0.200

 

0.113

 

0.661

Age groups

          

Children (0–14 years)

12

17.4

6

50.0

1

8.3

4

33.3

1

8.3

Adults (>15 years )

57

82.6

27

47.4

14

24.6

16

28.1

0

0

X2

   

0.03

 

1.8

 

0.1

 

4.8

P

   

0.868

 

0.177

 

0.715

 

0.028

Age groups

          

0-10

8

11.6

4

28.6

1

7.1

2

14.3

1

7.1

11-20

14

20.3

6

37.5

4

25.0

4

25.0

0

0

21-30

27

39.1

13

41.9

7

22.6

7

22.6

0

0

31-40

11

15.9

6

50.0

1

8.3

4

33.3

0

0

41-50

6

8.7

4

50.0

2

25.0

0

0

0

0

51-60

3

4.3

0

0

0

0

3

75

0

0

X2

   

4.4

 

4.0

 

0.7

 

5.1

P

   

0.500

 

0.542

 

0.084

 

0.400

*Total

69

100.0

33

47.8

15

21.7

20

29.0

1

1.5

  1. *Total samples were based on 69 PCR positive samples. Mixed infection was not included.