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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of dengue seroprevalence studies in Malaysia

From: Rural-urban comparisons of dengue seroprevalence in Malaysia

Data source

aChen et al.

bAbu Bakar S. and Lim YA (ABL)

cThe Malaysian Cohort study (TMC)

dNPHL

dNPHL

dNPHL

Year of study conducted

2001

2007

2008

2011

2012

2013

Study setting

Private primary care clinic

School and Community

Community based nationwide study

Public primary care clinics

Public primary care clinics

Public primary care clinics

Sample size

85

1800

1000

3762

3911

1263

Mean age (in years)

43

16

53

39

35

38

Age range (in years)

5 - 71

7 – 49

35-74

1- 93

1- 88

1- 90

Gender (%)

 Female

46

No data

60

56

55

55

 Male

54

No data

40

44

45

45

Ethnicity (%)

 Malay

8

No data

57

48

63

40

 Chinese

70

No data

37

27

15

25

 Indian & others

22

No data

6

25

22

35

Geographical area (%)

 Peninsular Malaysia

100

100

100

87

87

51

 East Malaysia

0

0

0

13

13

49

Location (%)

 Urban

100

0

60

100

100

100

 Rural

0

100

40

0

0

0

  1. aSuburban community in Puchong; bAboriginal communities throughout the countries; cNational cohort study throughout the country; d7 primary care clinics all located at city areas in different states of Selangor, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Perak, Kelantan, Johor and Sabah