Cognitive performance of children living in endemic areas for Plasmodium vivax

Malaria Journal

Table 1 Baseline characteristic of children

Characteristic	Case (n = 17)		Control (n = 26)		p value
Characteristic	n	%	n	%	p value
Area of residence					0.805
Urban	13	76	19	73
Rural	4	24	6	27
Gender					0.190
Male	10	59	10	38
Female	7	41	16	62
Previous episodes of malaria^a					<0.001
1	0	0
2	3	17
3	3	17
>4	11	66
Last episode of malaria, months^b	16 (5)
Guardian
Mother	16	94	19	73	0.119
Others	1	6	7	27
Guardian scholar degree
Fundamental	14	82	10	38	0.011
Intermediary	3	18	16	46
Familiar stipend, dollars					0.127
<100	6	35	4	15
>100	11	65	22	85

^aNumber of previous episodes of malaria vivax reported by the guardian of children
^bInterval between the last episode of malaria and the inclusion in the study

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