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Table 1 Characteristics of the studied population.

From: Pattern of humoral immune response to Plasmodium falciparum blood stages in individuals presenting different clinical expressions of malaria

Characteristics

Clinical expressions of malaria

Total

 

CM (n = 70)

UM (n = 148)

AS (n = 15)

n = 233

median age in years (25%–75%)

25.8 (17.0–40.0)

28.0 (22.0–37.0)

30.0 (25.8–39.5)

30.2

Sex (male/female %)

48.4/51.6

82.4/17.6

86.7/13.3

 

mean number of previous malaria attacks

3.7 ± 6.5

11.9 ± 8.9

14.8 ± 8.3

10.2

  1. CM = complicated malaria, UM = uncomplicated malaria, AS = asymptomatic infection