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Table 4 Number (proportion) of participants with a positive Plasmodium RT-PCR at week 16

From: Effect of a short course of iron polymaltose on acquisition of malarial parasitaemia in anaemic Indonesian schoolchildren: a randomized trial

 

IPM group

No. (%)

Placebo group

No. (%)

P value

Overall

46/278 (16.6)

41/286 (14.3)

0.47

Iron status baseline

 Iron replete

41/205 (20.0)

28/210 (13.3)

0.07

 Iron deficient

5/73 (12.6)

13/76 (17.1)

0.06

MCV baseline

 Microcytosis

31/143 (21.7)

31/161 (19.3)

0.60

 No microcytosis

15/135 (11.1)

10/124 (8.1)

0.41

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Malaria Journal

ISSN: 1475-2875

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