Imported malaria in Spain (2009–2016): results from the +REDIVI Collaborative Network

Malaria Journal

Table 1 Main characteristics of malaria cases

	MALARIA		p
	n = 850		p
Women (n, %)	367	43.2	< 0.001
Age (median, P₂₅–P₇₅)	35.6	27.9–44.0	0.57
Immunosuppression (n, %)	45	5.3	0.52
Type of case (n, %)			< 0.001
Immigrants	176	20.7
VFR-immigrants	447	52.6
VFR-travellers	46	5.4
Travellers	185	21.3
Travel duration in days (median, P₂₅–P₇₅)			< 0.001
Immigrants	NA
VFR-immigrants	30	24–61.3
VFR-travellers	48	30–120
Travellers	60	25–240
Elapsed time between arrival and consultation in days (median, P₂₅–P₇₅)			< 0.001
Immigrants	16.5	7–77
VFR-immigrants	11	6–20
VFR-travellers	13	5.8–20.5
Travellers	10	4–27

p Chi² p value for categorical variables, Student’s T test p value for continuous variables and analysis of variance (ANOVA) for continuous variables with several categories, NA not applicable

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