Table 1: Demographic characteristics of the children with Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
|
Characteristics (n = 72) |
Infected subjects (n = 40) |
Control subjects |
|
Gender |
|
|
|
Male |
40 (55.56) |
23 (57.5) |
|
Female |
32 (44.44) |
17 (42.5) |
|
Age (years) |
|
|
|
0 -2 |
15 (20.83) |
08 (20.0) |
|
3-4 |
23 (31.95) |
13 (32.5) |
|
5-6 |
34 (47.22) |
19 (47.5) |
N: Percentage; n: number of sample