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Table 3 Characteristics of case and control HHs

From: Plasmodium vivax malaria at households: spatial clustering and risk factors in a low endemicity urban area of the northwestern Peruvian coast

  

Control HHs (N = 117)

Case HHs (N = 117)

p-value

Number of individuals

mean (SD)

4.8

(1.8)

5.4

(2.0)

0.03*

Male percentage (%)

mean (SD)

48.3

(19.1)

48.0

(16.4)

0.92

Age, mean

mean (SD)

23.8

(10.4)

23.2

(7.0)

0.59

Number of tested individuals ∞

mean (SD)

3.2

(1.6)

3.6

(1.7)

0.05

% of tested individuals ∞

mean (SD)

68.4

(23.3)

69.5

(22.0)

0.72

P. vivax Positive PCR

n (%)

0

(0.0)

3

(2.6)

0.08

% of individuals with P. vivax positive serology ^

mean (SD)

8.1

(19)

22.2

(24.4)

<0.001

  1. ∞Tested using PCR and ELISA.
  2. ^Of the total tested individuals.
  3. *p < 0.05.