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Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants

From: Evaluation of the colorimetric malachite green loop-mediated isothermal amplification (MG-LAMP) assay for the detection of malaria species at two different health facilities in a malaria endemic area of western Kenya

Characteristic

Rota dispensary N = 197

Siaya Hospital N = 67

P-value

Gender, n (%)

 Male

71 (36)

28 (42)

0.3809

 Female

126 (64)

39 (58)

0.3809

Age, years (R)

16.8 (6 months–62 years)

7.2 (8 months–51 years)

0.0000

Mean parasite density, P/µL (R)

84,638 (0–1,005,163)

69,250 (0–473,175)

0.6422