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Table 1 Demographic and clinical parameters of patients across the study sites

From: Patterns of inflammatory responses and parasite tolerance vary with malaria transmission intensity

Characteristics

Accra

Navrongo

Kintampo

P value

Participants (number)

71

44

58

–

Female (number, %)

35.3

50.0

43.2

0.270b

Median age (IQR), years

6 (4–9)

4 (3–6)

4 (2–6)

0.005a*

Median parasitemia (IQR), per µL

21,805 (7,172–64,355)

46,351 (18,524–66,679)

70,215 (11,342–209,335)

0.004a*

Mean hemoglobin level (IQR), g/dL

10.5 (9.0–11.6)

9.8 (8.8–10.9)

9.6 (8.1–11.2)

0.007c*

Median temperature (IQR), °C

38.8 (38.0–39.4)

38.0 (37.0–39.0)

37.1 (36.5–38.3)

0.0001a*

  1. IQR interquartile range
  2. *Significant difference
  3. aKruskal–Wallis H test
  4. bχ2 test
  5. cOne-way ANOVA