Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study participants

Sex n/N (%)

 Females

161/292 (55.1)

236/347 (68.0)

2.544

1

0.1107

 Males

131/292 (44.9)

111/347 (32.0)

4.864

1

0.0274

Age categories/yrs n/N (%)

 < 5

5/23 (21.7)

17/23 (73.9)

4.570

1

0.0328

 6–10

69/115 (60.0)

47/115 (40.9)

2.566

1

0.1092

 11–15

104/235 (44.3)

131/235 (55.7)

2.071

1

0.1501

 16–20

39/69 (56.5)

30/69 (43.5)

0.7841

1

0.3759

 > 20y

75/197 (25.8)

122/197 (61.9)

7.523

1

0.0061

Temperature/°C, median (range)

 < 37.5

36.8 (33.9–37.5)

36.6 (34.0–37.5)

0.02319

1

0.879

 > 37.5

–

38.6 (37.6–39.3)

–

–

–

HB concentration g/dL, median (Range)

 < 10

9.7 (8.0–9.9)

9.35 (7.5–9.9)

1

 10–13

11.5 (10.1–12.9)

11.3 (10.0–13.0)

1

 > 13

14.3 (13.1–17.8)

14.0 (31.1–17.8)

1

Microscopic diagnosis n/N (%)

 Microscopy+

89/292 (30.5)

124/347 (35.7)

0.9891

1

0.32

 Microscopy−

204/292 (69.9)

223/347 (64.3)

0.078

1

0.7804

Parasitaemia/µL, median (range)

440.0 (40.0–12,688.0)

336.0 (32–28,057.0)

–

–

–

PCR diagnosis n/N (%)

 Plasmodium falciparum

116/292 (39.7)

174/347 (50.1)

2.817

1

0.0933

 Plasmodium malariae

42/292 (14.4)

62/347 (17.9)

1.02

1

0.3126

 Plasmodium ovale

17/292 (5.8)

25/347 (7.2)

0.4333

1

0.5104