Table 1 Socio-demographic information and malaria symptoms of the study participants and its association with G6PD status, Metehara Health Center, Eastern Ethiopia, September 2020 to September 2021
Variables | G6PD status | Total N (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal, n (%) | Intermediate, n (%) | Deficient, n (%) | ||
Sex | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Male | 300 (97.1) | NA | 9(2.9) | 309(62.0) |
 Female | 124 (65.6) | 56 (29.6) | 9 (4.8) | 189 (38.0) |
Age group (years) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 ≤ 5 | 3 (100) | 0 | 0 | 3 (0.6) |
 6–14 | 51 (92.7) | 3 (5.5) | 1 (1.8) | 55 (11.0) |
  ≥ 15 | 370 (84.1) | 53 (12.0) | 17 (3.9) | 440 (88.4) |
Residence | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Urban | 282 (82.9) | 46 (13.5) | 12 (3.5) | 340 (68.3) |
 Rural | 142 (89.9) | 10 (6.3) | 6 (3.8) | 158 (31.7) |
History of malaria infection? | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No | 261 (84.2) | 43 (13.9) | 6 (1.9) | 310 (62.2) |
 Yes | 163 (86.7) | 13 (6.9) | 12 (6.4) | 188 (37.8) |
Malaria status | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Negative | 214 (82.6) | 39 (15.1) | 6 (2.3) | 259 (52.0) |
 Positive | 210 (87.9) | 17 (7.1) | 12 (5.0) | 239 (48.0) |
Headache | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No | 5 (71.4) | 1 (14.3) | 1 (14.3) | 7 (1.4) |
 Yes | 419 (85.3) | 55 (11.2) | 17 (3.5) | 491 (98.6) |
Fatigue | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No | 123 (87.2) | 13 (9.2) | 5 (3.5) | 141 (28.3) |
 Yes | 301 (84.3) | 43 (12.0) | 13 (3.6) | 358 (71.7) |
Muscle and joint pain | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No | 40 (83.3) | 6 (12.5) | 2 (4.2) | 48 (9.6) |
 Yes | 384 (85.3) | 50 (11.1) | 16 (3.6) | 450 (90.4) |
Chills | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No | 216 (85.4) | 29 (11.5) | 8 (3.2) | 253 (50.8) |
 Yes | 208 (84.9) | 27 (11.0) | 10 (4.1) | 245 (49.2) |
Perspiration | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No | 224 (83.6) | 36 (13.4) | 8 (3.0) | 268 (53.8) |
 Yes | 200 (87.0) | 20 (8.7) | 10 (4.3) | 230 (46.2) |
Anorexia | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No | 354 (85.7) | 44 (10.7) | 15 (3.6) | 413 (82.9) |
 Yes | 70 (82.4) | 12 (14.1) | 3 (3.5) | 85 (17.1) |