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Table 3 Annual percent change (APC) for complicated malaria, stratified by gender

From: Clinical and epidemiological aspects of complicated malaria in Colombia, 2007–2013

Complicated cases

Male

Female

Comparison between genders

2007

2013

APC %

Trend

2007

2013

APC %

Trend

Test for parallelisma

Test for coincidenceb

All parasite species

0.57

1.09

10.5

No change

0.25

0.80

19.9c

Rising

<0.001

0.006

P. vivax

0.27

0.51

10.4

No change

0.07

0.29

21.9

No change

<0.001

<0.001

P. falciparum

0.26

0.53

11.0

No change

0.14

0.44

20.5c

Rising

0.113

<0.001

  1. Significant data are highlighted in italics
  2. aA p value <0.05 is interpreted as the trends (slopes) between male and female are significantly different
  3. bA p value <0.05 is interpreted as the rate differences (coincidence of intercepts) between male and female are significantly different
  4. cThe 95 % CI of annual percent change (APC) is significantly different of 0 (p < 0.05)