Table 3 Patient’s distribution by province, age, sex and type of infection
Variables | Global | Province | p value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kinshasa | Nord Kivu | ||||||
n | % (IC95%) | n | % (IC95%) | N | % (IC95%) | ||
Number total of participants | 407 | 180 | 227 | ||||
Sex | 0.765 | ||||||
Female | 206 | 50.6 (45.7–55.5) | 93 | 51.7 (44.3–59) | 113 | 49.8 (43.256.3) | |
Male | 201 | 49.4 (44.5–54.3) | 87 | 48.3 (40.9–55.7) | 114 | 50.2 (43.2–56.8) | |
Median age years (IQR) | 407 | 3.0 (1.7–5.0) | 180 | 5.0 (3.3–5.2) | 227 | 2 (1–3) | 0.000* |
Parasitology | |||||||
PAnPalu | 0.012* | ||||||
Positive | 142 | 34.9 (30.2–39.5) | 75 | 41.7 (34.4–48.9) | 67 | 29.5 (23.5–35.5) | |
Negative | 265 | 65.1 (60.5–69.7) | 105 | 58.3 (51.1–65.6) | 160 | 70.5 (64.5–76.5) | |
Mono-infection | |||||||
P. falciparum | 0.009* | ||||||
Positive | 141 | 34.6 (30.0–39.3) | 75 | 41.7 (34.4–48.9) | 66 | 29.1 (23.1–35.0) | |
Negative | 266 | 65.5 (60.7–69.9) | 105 | 58.3 (51.1–65.6) | 161 | 70.6 (64.9–76.9) | |
P. vivax | 0.146 | ||||||
Positive | 8 | 1.9 (0.06–0.3) | 6 | 3.3 (0.07–0.6) | 2 | 0.9 (0.3–2.1) | |
Negative | 399 | 98.0 (96.7–99.4) | 174 | 96.7 (94–99.3) | 225 | 99.1 (97.9–100) | |
P. malariae | 0.019* | ||||||
Positive | 7 | 1.7 (0.4–2.9) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3.1 (0.8–5.3) | |
Negative | 400 | 98.3 (97–99.5) | 180 | 100 | 220 | 96.9 (94.7–99.2) | |
Mixed-infections | 0.017* | ||||||
P. falciparum + P. vivax | 8 | 2.0 (0.6–3.3) | 6 | 3.3 (0.69–5.9) | 2 | 0.8 (0.3–2.1) | |
P. falciparum + P. malariae | 6 | 1.5 (0.2–2.2) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.6 (0.5–4.7) | |