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Table 2 Demographics of participants by uPCR result

From: Persistent Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax infections in a western Cambodian population: implications for prevention, treatment and elimination strategies

 

Positivea

%

Negative

%

No uPCR result

%

Total

%b

p value

N

333

14.3 %

1818

78.0 %

179

7.68 %

2330

100 %

 

Sex

 Female

122

10.9 %

911

81.2 %

89

7.93 %

1122

48.2 %

 

 Male

211

17.5 %

907

75.1 %

90

7.45 %

1208

51.9 %

<0.0001

 Age, years (median, range)

24

(7 months to 74 years)

21

(6 months to 80 years)

21

(3 months to 83 years)

22

(3 months to 83 years)

0.054

Village

 Krachap Leu

130

15.6 %

635

76.2 %

68

8.16 %

833

35.8 %

 

 O Kting

42

9.61 %

358

81.9 %

37

8.47 %

437

18.8 %

 

 Phnom Dambang

161

15.2 %

825

77.8 %

74

6.98 %

1060

45.5 %

0.029

Occupation

 Farms own land

142

19.2 %

539

72.7 %

60

8.10 %

741

31.8 %

 

 Hired farm labourer

66

10.8 %

512

83.9 %

32

5.25 %

610

26.2 %

 

 Child or student

116

13.1 %

700

79.1 %

69

7.80 %

885

38.0 %

 

 Otherc

9

9.57 %

67

71.3 %

18

19.2 %

94

4.03 %

<0.0001

  1. Numbers are frequency (%), unless otherwise specified
  2. a At least once during the study period
  3. b Column percentages
  4. c Military or police, own business, health worker, stays at home, retired or disabled, government staff, monk/nun, resort staff, NGO employee, teacher, village chief