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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the Ghana trial participants

From: Geo-spatial factors associated with infection risk among young children in rural Ghana: a secondary spatial analysis

Trial participants with a geo-coded residence (n)

1943

Males (%)

992 (51.1)

Age at enrolment (months), mean (SD)

19.2 (8.5)

Serum ferritin (µg/L), geometric mean (SD)

35.1 (3.65)

Infection status

 C-reactive protein (mg/L), mean (SD)

3.34 (4.96)

 Parasite density (count/µL), geometric mean (SD)

3003.0 (5.35)

 Inflammation and/or parasitaemiaa, n (%)

719 (37.0)

 Inflammation without parasitaemiab, n (%)

272 (14.0)

 Parasitaemia with feverc, n (%)

150 (7.72)

 All parasitaemiad, n (%)

447 (23.0)

Anthropometric statuse

 Weight-for-length z-score, mean (SD)

−0.63 (0.97)

 Length-for-age z-score, mean (SD)

−0.81 (1.21)

Maternal educationf, n (%)

 None

586 (33.5)

 Any

1166 (66.5)

Household asset scoreg, n (%)

 Low

866 (47.5)

 High

957 (52.5)

Distance to the nearest health facility (km), mean (SD)

2.57 (2.99)

  1. aInflammation and/or parasitaemia = CRP > 5 mg/L and/or any malaria parasitaemia
  2. bInflammation without parasitaemia = CRP > 5 mg/L without malaria parasitaemia
  3. cParasitaemia with fever = any malaria parasitaemia with concurrent fever (axillary temperature > 37.5 °C) or history of reported fever (within 48 h)
  4. dAll parasitaemia = any malaria parasitaemia with/without fever
  5. eMeasured at baseline; z-scores estimated using the WHO Child Growth Standards [23]
  6. f Measured at baseline only; total n = 1752 (74 respondents were not mothers, 117 missing due to incomplete surveys)
  7. g Measured at baseline only; reduced sample size (approximately 1825) due to incomplete surveys and ‘unknown’ responses
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Malaria Journal

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