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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study population

From: Temporal analysis of IgG antibody responses to Plasmodium falciparum antigens in relation to changing malaria epidemiology in a West African setting

 

2000

N (%)

218

2002

N (%)

186

2008

N (%)

269

2010

N (%)

288

2012

N (%)

274

p value

EIR

482.6

409.9

12.3

2.2

0.3

 

Treatment

Chloroquine

Chloroquine

ACT

ACT

ACT

 

Sex

 Male

117 (53.67)

90 (48.39)

128 (47.58)

136 (47.22)

125 (45.62)

0.09

 Female

101 (46.33)

96 (51.61)

141 (52.42)

152 (52.78)

149 (54.38)

Age

 Mean

27.48

29.51

26.72

25.3

26.77

<0.001

 [min–max]

[5–89]

[3.4–80.0]

[4.8–78]

[3.4–75.1]

[5.2–90.9]

 95% CI

[24.9; 30.0]

[26.7; 32.3]

[24.5; 28.9]

[23.2; 27.4]

[24.6; 29.0]

Age groups (years)

 <7

16 (7.34)

15 (8.06)

20 (7.44)

24 (8.33)

14 (5.11)

<0.001

 (7–15)

65 (29.82)

35 (18.82)

75 (27.88)

93 (32.29)

91 (33.21)

 >15

137 (62.84)

136 (73.12)

174 (64.68)

171 (59.38)

169 (61.68)