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Table 6 Malaria infection by demographic characteristics of the children in Gilgel Gibe Field Research Centre

From: Effect of training on the use of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets on the burden of malaria among vulnerable groups, south-west Ethiopia: baseline results of a cluster randomized trial

Variable

Malaria parasite

P-value

 

Intervention Gots

Control Gots

 
 

Yes

No

 

yes

No

 

Sex

     

0.74

   Male

73(11.9)

543(88.1)

0.12

52(8.6)

555(91.4)

 

   Female

54(9.1)

537(90.9)

 

48(8.1)

548(91.9)

 

Age in months

     

0.067

   <12

20(8.1)

226(91.9)

0.6

23(8.7)

240(91.3)

 

   12-24

7(11.3)

55(88.7)

 

5(5.3)

89(94.7)

 

   25-34

24(9.8)

220(90.2)

 

23(10.4)

199(89.6)

 

   35-47

26(11.0)

210(89.0)

 

26(11.5

200(88.5)

 

   > = 47

50(11.9)

369(88.1)

 

23(5.8)

375(94.2)

 

Birth order

     

0.55

   1-3

63(9.5)

602(90.5)

0.35

48(8.2)

538(91.8)

 

   4-5

45(12.4)

319(87.6)

 

37(9.3)

359(90.7)

 

   >5

19(10.9)

156(89.1)

 

15(6.8)

204(93.2)

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