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Table 1 Selected characteristics of study participants

From: Are rapid diagnostic tests more accurate in diagnosis of plasmodium falciparum malaria compared to microscopy at rural health centres?

Selected variable

Overall

n(%)

Low transmission

n(%)

High transmission

n(%)

p-value

(2-sided)

Proportion <5 years of age

117(39.1)

52(34.7)

65(43.3)

0.124

Sleeps under mosquito net

134(44.7)

78(52)

56(37.3)

0.015

Used anti-malarial prior to visiting study health centre

58(34.1)

20(20.6)

38(52.1)

0.000

Axillary temperature ≥37.5°C

88(29.3)

40(26.7)

48(32.0)

0.375

Health centre microscopy slide positive

56(18.7)

11(7.3)

45(30.0)

0.000

Expert microscopy slide positive

47(15.7)

5(3.3)

42(28.0)

0.000

Paracheck positive

110(36.7)

22(14.7)

88(58.7)

0.000

PCR positive

89(29.7)

12(8.0)

77(51.3)

0.000

  1. PCR = Polymerase Chain Reaction