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Table 3 Distribution of malaria in the study population stratified according to age, gender and study site

From: Identification of the Plasmodium species in clinical samples from children residing in five epidemiological strata of malaria in Cameroon

Study site

Gender

Age category (months)

Female

Male

χ 2

p value

<60

60–119

120+

χ 2

p value

n

Pos (%)

n

Pos (%)

n

Pos (%)

n

Pos (%)

n

Pos (%)

Bamenda

173

34 (19.7)

145

19 (13.1)

2.436

0.119

128

16 (12.5)

67

16 (23.9)

123

21 (17.1)

4.125

0.127

Limbe

149

48 (32.2)

169

47 (27.8)

0.733

0.392

178

46 (25.8)

78

34 (43.6)

62

15 (24.2)

9.340

0.009

Yaounde

150

32 (21.3)

191

43 (22.5)

0.068

0.794

161

32 (19.9)

78

23 (29.5)

102

20 (19.6)

3.312

0.191

Maroua

164

15 (9.2)

151

11 (7.3)

0.360

0.549

232

19 (8.2)

54

5 (9.3)

28

2 (7.1)

0.121

0.941

Ngaoundere

143

17 (11.9)

174

17 (9.8)

0.368

0.544

210

22 (10.5)

66

7 (10.6)

41

5 (12.2)

0.167

0.948

Total

779

146 (18.7)

830

137 (16.5)

1.386

0.239

910

135 (14.8)

343

85 (24.8)

356

63 (17.7)

17.005

<0.001