Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the study participants by sex and age

% (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

Enrolment site

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*

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

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)^£