Patient characteristics | Value |
---|---|
Mean age (year) | 27.0 ± 13.6 * (SD) |
Age range (year) | 1–66 |
Sex ratio (male/female) | 95/44 |
Residence (urban/rural) | 83/56 |
Travel history to malarious area | 15 (11%) |
Educational level | |
 Not attended formal education | 18 (13%) |
 Attended primary school | 71 (51%) |
 Attended secondary school and above | 50 (37%) |
Occupation | |
 Farmer | 26 (19%) |
 Housewife | 14 (10%) |
 Daily labourer | 33 (24%) |
 Government employee | 14 (10%) |
  NGO employee | 2 (1.4%) |
Business man | 6 (4.3%) |
 Student | 44 (32%) |
 Geometric mean of parasitic density (P/µl) of blood | 5654.0 |
 Parasite density range (P/µl) of blood | 64–104,320.0 |
Parasitaemia level | |
 50–499 P/µl of blood | 9 (6.4%) |
 (500–4999 P/µl of blood) | 63 (45.3%) |
 (5000–49,999 P/µl of blood) | 63 (45.3%) |
 (≥ 50,000 P/µl of blood) | 4 (2.9%) |