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Table 2 Influence of sex, age, educational level of parents, mosquito bed net use and anaemic status on the prevalence of P. falciparum by microscopy and RDT

From: Concurrence of CareStart™ Malaria HRP2 RDT with microscopy in population screening for Plasmodium falciparum infection in the Mount Cameroon area: predictors for RDT positivity

Parameter

No. examined

Microscopy

RDT

GMPD (range)/μL of blood

Prevalence (n)

Prevalence (n)

Sex

 Male

218

22.5 (49)

35.8 (78)

218 (70–1162)

 female

273

31.9 (87)

42.9 (117)

172 (80–1122)

P value

0.021*

0.111

0.025*a

Age group in years

 ≤ 4

213

31.9 (68)

47.4 (101)

224 (82–1162)

 5–8

194

29.9 (58)

38.1 (74)

159 (70–1054)

 ≥ 9

84

11.9 (10)

23.8 (20)

141 (82–363)

P value

0.002**

0.001**

0.003**b

Educational level of parent

 No formal

68

63.2 (43)

57.4 (39)

276 (93–1162)

 Primary

169

20.7 (35)

45.6 (77)

165 (90–1102)

 Secondary

103

29.1 (30)

48.5 (50)

210 (74–1054)

 Tertiary

78

9.0 (7)

14.1 (11)

166 (82–366)

P value

0.001**

0.001**

0.173b

Mosquito bed net use

 Yes

306

15.4 (47)

35.6 (109)

192 (90–1162)

 No

184

48.4 (89)

46.7 (86)

185 (70–1122)

P value

0.001**

0.015*

0.562a

Anaemic status

 Anaemic

357

30.3 (108)

44.5 (159)

194 (74–1162)

 Non-anaemic

134

20.9 (28)

26.9 (36)

165 (70–1054)

P value

0.039*

< 0.001***

0.226a

  1. *Significant at P < 0.05 level, **significant at P < 0.01, ***significant at P < 0.001. Comparisons of proportions by χ2 and means were compared by aMann-Whitney U test and bKruskal-Wallis test after log transformation