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Table 1 Study population baseline demographics – individual-level data

From: A controlled, parallel, cluster-randomized trial of community-wide screening and treatment of asymptomatic carriers of Plasmodium falciparum in Burkina Faso

Characteristic

Intervention arm

Control arm

Number enrolled

6,817

7,258

Born after cluster initiation (%)

151 (2.2)

128 (1.8)

Immigrant during the study

349 (5.1)

207 (2.9)

Persons completed

5,897 (86.5)

6,510 (89.7)

Male sex (%)

46.4

47.4

Age at CSC1 day 1

  

Mean (years)

24.1

23.4

Age group (%)

  

  ≤6 months

2.1

1.5

  >6 months to <5 years

14.9

14.2

  5 to 9 years

15.8

16.6

  10 to 14 years

15.5

15.3

  ≥15 years

51.7

52.5

Ethnicity (%)

  

Mossi

90.6

95.7

Fulani

8.7

3.8

Bissa

0.01

0.03

Gourounsi

0.03

0.2

Other

0.7

0.3