Table 1 Association between P. falciparum asymptomatic carriage or clinical malaria occurrence and other covariates at the beginning of the malaria transmission season, Niakhar, 2002.

Number

(%)

p value*

Number

(%)

P value

Total Number

P. falciparum asymptomatic carriage

   Yes

8

5,4

0,005

147

   No

4

1,0

382

Age (years)

   [2–5]

3

2,6

0,93

29

25,4

0,56

114

   [6–10]

5

2,1

64

26,8

239

   [11–17]

4

2,3

54

30,7

176

Sex

   M

7

2,3

0,95

94

30,9

0,06

304

   F

5

2,2

53

23,6

225

Village

   Diohine

5

1,7

0,34

63

21,5

< 0,001

292

   Toucar

7

2,9

84

35,4

237

Chloroquine in urine ^a

   Yes

0

0

-

9

25

0,74

36

   No

12

2,6

129

27,6

468