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Table 1 Demographic and intervention characteristics of 786 study participants recruited in Engela (December 2012–July 2014) and Omusati and Oshikuku (January 2014–July 2014)

From: Malaria risk in young male travellers but local transmission persists: a case–control study in low transmission Namibia

Variable

Engela

Omusati/Oshikuku

Cases

n = 57 (%)

Controls

n = 298 (%)

Cases

n = 50 (%)

Controls

n = 381 (%)

Sex

 Female

18 (31.6)

174 (58.4)

26 (52.0)

216 (56.7)

 Male

39 (68.4)

124 (41.6)

24 (48.0)

165 (43.3)

Age (years)

 0–4

6 (10.5)

37 (12.4)

4 (8.0)

67 (17.6)

 5–14

13 (22.8)

91 (30.5)

12 (24.0)

127 (33.3)

 15–24

26 (45.6)

81 (27.2)

14 (28.0)

73 (19.2)

 25–34

8 (14.0)

36 (12.1)

7 (14.0)

38 (10.0)

 35–44

2 (3.5)

20 (6.7)

7 (14.0)

19 (5.0)

 45+

2 (3.5)

31 (10.4)

6 (12.0)

34 (8.9)

Missing

0 (0.0)

2 (0.7)

0 (0.0)

23 (6.0)

House sprayed in past year

14 (24.6)

109 (36.6)

14 (28.0)

68 (17.8)

Missing

1 (1.8)

1 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

2 (0.5)

Slept under net previous night

16 (28.1)

42 (14.1)

21 (42.0)

106 (27.8)

Missing

0 (0.0)

4 (1.3)

0 (0.0)

5 (1.3)

Travel to endemic areas (≥1 PfPR2-10)a

21 (36.8)

25 (8.4)

5 (10.0)

33 (8.7)

  1. PfPR2-10: mean annually averaged prevalence of P falciparum infection in 2–10 year olds
  2. aAverage of 2013 and 2014