Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants stratified by district
Variable | Hohoe (n = 337) | Keta (n = 289) | Krachi (n = 312) | Total (n = 938) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender (%) | |||||
Female | 183 (54.3) | 147 (50.9) | 163 (52.2) | 493 (52.6) | |
Male | 154 (45.7) | 142 (49.1) | 149 (47.8) | 445 (47.4) | 0.6855 |
Mean age (sd) | 5.6 (3.3) | 7.0 (3.0) | 6.7 (3.6) | < 0.0004 | |
Age categories (%) | |||||
1–4yrs | 136 (40.3) | 66 (22.8) | 100 (32.1) | 302 (32.2) | |
5–11yrs | 185 (54.9) | 203 (70.2) | 191 (61.2) | 579 (61.7) | |
Above 12 years | 16 ((4.7) | 20 (7.0) | 21 (6.7) | 57 (6.1) | 0.0002 |
Ethnicity (%) | |||||
Akan | 8 (2.4) | 7 (2.4) | 10 (3.2) | 25 (2.7) | |
Ewe | 133 (39.5) | 281 (97.2) | 25 (8.0) | 439 (46.8) | |
Guan | 33 (9.8) | 0 (0.0) | 148 (47.4) | 181 (19.3) | |
Others | 163 (48.3) | 1 (0.4) | 129 (41.4) | 293 (31.2) | < 0.0004 |
Bed net use (%) | |||||
No | 48 (14.2) | 15 (5.2) | 25 (8.0) | 88 (9.4) | |
Yes | 289 (85.8) | 274 (94.8) | 287 (92.0) | 850 (90.6) | 0.0003 |
Mean Parasite Density/µ L(sd) | 20,983.5 (64,810.2) | 7255.7 (12,667.2) | 100,808.6 (191,698.9) | 0.0406 | |
Mean Hb g/dL(sd) | 11.2 (1.7) | 10.5 (1.3) | 11.6 (1.6) | 11.1 (1.6) | < 0.0004 |
HAZ | |||||
Normal | 254 (75.4) | 234 (81.0) | 259 (83.0) | 747 (79.6) | |
Stunted | 83 (24.6) | 55 (19.0) | 53 (17.0) | 191 (20.4) | 0.0430 |