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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics and parasitological data of the study population at Adama and its surroundings (n = 139)

From: Detection of high frequency of MAD20 allelic variants of Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1 gene from Adama and its surroundings, Oromia, Ethiopia

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%)