Table 2 Overall prevalence of malaria in the highland and lowland based on malaria rapid diagnostic tests results and microscopy results
Variable | RDT | p-value | Microscopy | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive (%) | Negative (%) | Positive (%) | Negative (%) | |||
Age groups | ||||||
 0–4 years ( n= 237) | 62 (26.27) | 175 (73.73) | < 0.01 | 15 (6.38) | 222 (93.62) | < 0.01 |
 5–9 years (n= 145) | 53 (36.55) | 92 (63.45) |  | 20 (13.79) | 125 (86.21) |  |
 10–14 years (n= 118) | 67 (43.2) | 51 (56.8) |  | 33 (27.97) | 85 (72.03) |  |
 15–19 years (n= 65) | 29 (44.6) | 36 (55.4) |  | 13 (20.00) | 52 (80.00) |  |
Strata | ||||||
 Highland village (n = 280) | 107 (38.21) | 173 (61.79) | 0.696 | 52 (18.57) | 228 (81.43) | 0.05 |
 Lowland village (n= 285) | 104 (36.62) | 181 (63.38) |  | 29 (10.25) | 256 (89.75) |  |
Total (N= 565) | 211 (37.41) | 354 (62.59) | Â | 81 (14.39) | 484 (85.61) | Â |