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Table 2 Factors associated with asymptomatic malaria

From: Prevalence and risk factors associated with asymptomatic malaria among school children: repeated cross-sectional surveys of school children in two ecological zones in Ghana

Parameter

Asymptomatic malaria

p value

No

Yes

N

%

N

%

Gender

    

0.001

 Male

1669

72.5

633

27.5

 

 Female

1986

76.7

603

23.3

 

Age group (years)

    

0.019

 6 to 8

962

77.2

284

22.8

 

 9 to 11

1396

75.0

466

25.0

 

 12 to 14

1293

72.7

485

27.3

 

Anaemia

    

< 0.001

 Non anaemic (≥11)

3193

76.8

965

23.2

 

 Anaemic (< 11)

414

61.7

257

38.3

 

Stunted growth

    

< 0.001

 Normal

3295

75.8

1053

24.2

 

 Stunted

361

66.2

184

33.8

 

Study site

 Begoro

1758

73.4

636

26.6

0.04

 Cape Coast

1898

76.0

600

24.0

 
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