| Dogon | Fulani | ||||||
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 | HH | HR | RR | p-value a | HH | HR | RR | p-value a |
Age (mean ± sd) | 15 ± 12 | 16 ± 13 | 20 ± 13 |  | 15 ± 13 | 23 ± 18 | 20 ± 17 |  |
Spleen rate b (%) | 8 | 13 | 11 | 0.8 | 38 | 36 | 36 | 0.9 |
Hb (mean ± sd) | 13 ± 2 | 12.6 ± 2.4 | 13.3 ± 2.6 | 0.4 | 11 ± 2 | 10.6 ± 2.7 | 10.8 ± 2.3 | 0.9 |
Parasite prevalence c (%) | 67 | 58 | 60 | 0.7 | 49 | 33 | 59 | 0.02 |
Parasite density d (mean ± sd) | 907 ± 4138 | 546 ± 1803 | 243 ± 843 | 0.5 | 330 ± 1138 | 530 ± 2155 | 1533 ± 4734 | 0.2 |
Clones e (mean ± sd) | 4.0 ± 3.7 | 2.9 ± 3.3 | 3.6 ± 3.7 | 0.4 | 1.9 ± 2.6 | 1.3 ± 2.5 | 3.3 ± 3.5 | 0.006 |
HbAS f (%) | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0.2 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 0.01 |