| | |
P. falciparum
(n = 650)
|
P. vivax
(n = 673)
|
p value
b
|
|---|
| | |
Median
|
IQR
a
|
Median
|
IQR
| |
|---|
|
Age (years)
| |
24
|
16-38
|
19
|
12-33
|
<0.001
|
|
Time of residence (years)
| |
4
|
1-4
|
4
|
3-4
|
0.365
|
|
Previous malaria episodes
| |
2
|
1-3
|
3
|
1-5
|
<0.001
|
|
Days of illness
| |
4
|
2-6
|
4
|
3-5
|
0.689
|
|
Frequencies
| |
n
|
%
|
n
|
%
|
p value
c
|
|
Male
| |
334
|
51.4
|
399
|
59.3
|
0.004
|
|
Race
| | | | | | |
| |
Afro-descendant
|
526
|
80.9
|
230
|
34.2
|
<0.001
|
| |
Mestizo
|
91
|
14.0
|
415
|
61.7
|
<0.001
|
| |
Indigenous
|
28
|
4.3
|
22
|
3.3
|
0.322
|
|
Occupation
| | | | | | |
| |
Student
|
237
|
36.5
|
226
|
33.6
|
0.272
|
| |
Housewife
|
177
|
27.2
|
150
|
22.3
|
0.037
|
| |
Farmer
|
47
|
7.2
|
141
|
21.0
|
<0.001
|
| |
Otherd
|
189
|
29.1
|
155
|
23
|
0.251
|
|
Previous malaria episodes (YES)
| |
222
|
34.2
|
452
|
67.2
|
<0.001
|
|
Malaria episodes in the last year
| |
65
|
29.2
|
232
|
51.3
|
<0.001
|
|
Anti-malarial treatmente
| |
43
|
19.4
|
314
|
69.5
|
<0.001
|
-
aIQR: interquartile range. bp value using Mann–Whitney test between P. falciparum and P. vivax. cp value using the Chi-square test between P. falciparum and P. vivax. dfisherman, miner, timber exploitation, other. etreatment for the last malaria episode. Most frequent and significant data are highlighted in bold.
