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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of patients with malaria by Plasmodium species

From: The clinical–epidemiological profile of malaria patients from Southern Venezuela, a critical hotspot in Latin America

Characteristics

Total (N = 287; 100%)

P. vivax (N = 200; 69.7%)

P. falciparum (N = 69; 24%)

Mixed malaria (N = 18; 6.3%)

p-value

Age, years

33 (20)

33 (19)

27 (16)

38 (25)

0.123||

 Median (IQR)

Min–Max

13–73

13–73

14–68

14–69

 

Gender

33 (20)

   

0.59

Male

198 (69)

135 (67.5)

51 (73.9)

12 (66.7)

 

Female

89 (31)

65 (32.5)

18 (26.1)

6 (33.3)

 

Race

0.14

 Mestizo

269 (93.7)

191 (95.5)

61 (88.4)

17 (94.4)

 

 Black

11 (3.8)

6 (3)

5 (7.2)

 

 Native

7 (2.4)

3 (1.5)

3 (4.3)

1 (5.6)

 

Origin by municipality

 Heres

94 (32.8)

77 (38.5)

13 (18.8)

4 (22.2)

0.01

 Sifontes

103 (35.9)

60 (30)

35 (50.7)

8 (44.4)

0.01

 Angostura

31 (10.8)

24 (12)

6 (8.7)

1 (5.6)

0.57

 El Callao

17 (5.9)

11 (5.5)

3 (4.3)

3 (16.7)

0.14

 Sucre

17 (5.9)

11 (5.5)

6 (8.7)

0.46

 Piar

7 (2.3)

5 (2.5)

2 (2.9)

1

 Cedeño

5 (1.7)

3 (1.5)

2 (2.9)

0.71

 Caroni

3 (1)

2 (1)

1 (1.4)

1

 Gran Sabana

2 (0.7)

1 (0.5)

1 (5.6)

0.17

 Others

8 (2.8)

6 (3)

1 (1.4)

1 (5.6)

0.43

Scholarship

0.96

 None

21 (7.3)

16 (8)

4 (5.8)

1 (5.6)

 

 Middle school

119 (41.5)

83 (41.5)

28 (40.6)

8 (44.4)

 

 High school

115 (40.1)

81 (40.5)

27 (39.1)

7 (38.9)

 

 Technical/Professional

32 (11.1)

20 (10)

10 (14.5)

2 (11.1)

 

Occupation

0.49§

 Illegal mining

115 (40.1)

73 (36.5)

35 (50.7)

7 (38.9)

 

 Housewife

49 (17.1)

39 (19.5)

8 (11.6)

2 (11.1)

 

 Merchant

29 (10.1)

21 (10.5)

7 (10.1)

1 (5.6)

 

 Student

15 (5.2)

10 (5)

4 (5.8)

1 (5.6)

 

 Farmer

14 (4.9)

10 (5)

2 (2.9)

2 (11.1)

 

 Mine cook

6 (2.1)

3 (1.5)

3 (4.3)

 

 None

3 (1)

3 (1.5)

 

 Others

56 (19.5)

41 (20.5)

10 (14.5)

5 (27.8)

 

 Income/week [US dollar]

10 [65]

7.75 [65]

20 [96]

5 [73]

0.05||

 Previous episodes of malaria [yes]

239 [83.3]

170 [85]

52 [75.4]

17 [94.4]

0.09||

 Median of previous episodes

3 [7]

3 [5]

3 [10]

4 [8]

0.21||

Number of previous episodes

0.16

 5 or less

139 (58.2)

106 (62.4)

23 (44.2)

10 (58.8)

 

 Between 6 and 10

53 (22.2)

34 (20)

14 (26.9)

5 (29.4)

 

 11 or more

47 (19.7)

30 (17.6)

15 (28.8)

2 (11.8)

 

 Days to consultation

5 (4)

5 (4)

6 (5)

4 (2)

0.11*

  1. The median and interquartile range (IQR) were estimated for income and a total number of previous malaria episodes, and percentage were estimated for categorical variables. *One-way ANOVA; Chi-square; Fisher’s exact test; §Yates-corrected Chi-square; ||Median’s test