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Table 1 Demographic and parasitological characteristics of the study population in Tanzania

From: High-level Plasmodium falciparum sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance with the concomitant occurrence of septuple haplotype in Tanzania

Parameters

Study site

P value

Muheza (n = 88)

Muleba (n = 88)

Nachingwea (n = 88)

Median age (years) (25–75 % IQR)

4.2 (2.1–6.3)

4.4 (2.2–13.0)

5.2 (2.9–12.6)

0.16

Sex, female n (%)

42 (47.7)

48 (54.5)

51 (58.0)

0.38

Mean haemoglobin (g/dL), (SD)a

10.4 (1.8)

9.9 (2.4)

9.7 (2.4)

0.08

GMPD (95 % CI)a

18,603 (13,280–26,060)

3700 (1899–7211)

12,968 (8066–20,848)

<0.001

Fever at presentation (≥37.5 °C), n (%)

65 (73.9)

59 (67.1)

47 (53.4)

0.02

Antimalarial treatment history, n (%)

NA

10 (11.4)

5 (6.2)

0.23

  1. Significant values are in boldface
  2. IQR inter-quartile range, GMPD geometric mean parasite density, asexual parasites/µL of blood
  3. aOne way ANOVA was used to test the differences between the study sites