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Table 4 Relationship between MOI and age or parasitaemia

From: Genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum among school-aged children from the Man region, western Côte d’Ivoire

Variable

Stratification

n

MOI (SD)

p value

Age group

7-10 years

150

2.95 (1.76)

0.77a

 

11-15 years

91

2.78 (1.47)

 

Parasitaemiab

1st quartile

60

2.02 (1.13)

<0.001c

 

2nd quartile

60

3.17 (1.80)

 
 

3rd quartile

61

3.23 (1.65)

 
 

4th quartile

60

3.12 (1.70)

 
  1. aMann-Whitney test.
  2. bQ1, Q2, and Q3 correspond to parasitaemia of 72, 440 and 740 parasites/μl of blood, respectively.
  3. cKruskal-Wallis test.
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