Parameter | Sex | Age group in years | Total | |||
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Female | Male | 1‒5 | 6‒10 | 11‒15 |  | |
% (n) | 53.5 (278) | 46.5 (242) | 56.3 (293) | 29.6 (154) | 14.0 (73) | 100 (520) |
Mean age (SD) in years | 6.1 (4.1) | 5.6 (4.2) | 2.7 (1.4) | 8.3 (1.7) | 13.3 (1.0) | 5.9 (4.2) |
Mean (SD) Hb conc. in g/Dl | 10.5 (1.7) | 10.5 (1.7) | 10.3 (1.6) | 10.5 (1.8) | 11.1 (1.6) | 10.5 (1.7)ç |
Socio-demographic factors | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Enrolment site | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Community (n) | 53.9 (96) | 46.1 (82) | 33.8 (69) | 39.9 (71) | 21.3 (38) | 34.2 (178) |
Hospital (n) | 53.2 (182) | 46.8 (160) | 65.5 (224) | 24.3 (83) | 10.2 (35) | 65.8 (342) |
Education level of parent* | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
No formal/Primary (n) | 60.9 (84) | 39.1 (54) | 54.3 (75) | 34.8 (48) | 10.9 (15) | 26.5 (138) |
Secondary (n) | 52.5 (117) | 47.5 (106) | 60.5 (135) | 24.7 (55) | 14.8 (33) | 42.9 (223) |
Tertiary (n) | 48.4 (77) | 51.6 (82) | 52.2 (83) | 32.1 (51) | 15.7 (25) | 30.6 (159) |
Clinical factors | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Mean (SD) temperature in °C | 37.4 (2.0) | 37.3 (1.9) | 37.5 (1.2) | 37.2 (1.2) | 37.2 (1.1) | 37.4 (1.2) |
Malaria parasite prevalence (n) | 36.7 (102) | 39.3 (95) | 40.6 (119) | 38.3 (59) | 26.0 (19) | 37.9 (197)µ |
GMPD (Range)/µL of blood | 703 (21,664) | 634 (17,370) | 928 (21,664) | 442 (17,370) | 318 (980) | 669 (21,674)a |
Fever prevalence (n) | 36.3 (101) | 37.6 (91) | 44.0 (129) | 31.2 (48) | 20.5 (15) | 36.9 (192)b |
Undernutrition prevalence (n) | 16.7 (46) | 20.0 (47) | 21.8 (62) | 9.7 (15) | 22.2 (16) | 18.2 (93)c |
Prevalence of stunting(n) | 15.0 (41) | 17.2 (40) | 18.5 (52) | 8.5 (13) | 22.2 (16) | 16.0 (81)d |
Prevalence of underweight (n) | 4.9 (11) | 4.6 (9) | 5.9 (17) | 2.3 (3) | 0.0 (0) | 4.7 (20)$ |
Prevalence of wasting (n) | 7.7 (11) | 5.8 (8) | 6.9 (19) | 0.0 (0) | 0.0 (0) | 6.8 (19)£ |