| Anaemia status | Total | ||||||
Anaemic | Non anaemic | |||||||
Age group | ||||||||
1 - 5 (142) | 6 - 10 (104) | 11 - 15 (93) | 1 - 5 (59) | 6 - 10 (40) | 11 - 15 (35) | |||
Malaria infection status |
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Negative % (n) | 9.2 (14) | 3.3 (5) | 2.0 (3) | 38.2 (58) | 25.0 (38) | 22.4 (34) | 152 | |
Positive % (n) | 39.9 (128) | 30.8 (99) | 28.0 (90) | 0.3 (1) | 0.6 (2) | 0.3 (1) | 321 | |
Total | 473 | |||||||
t values | 2.521 | 2.519 | 3.062 | 2.931 | 2.263 | 2.712 |
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P values | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 |
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Malaria parasite density |
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Low (n) | 52 | 40 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 133 | |
Moderate (n) | 44 | 37 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 109 | |
High (n) | 32 | 22 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | |
Total | 321 | |||||||
t values | 1.063 | 1.193 | 1.074 | 1.632 | 1.032 | 1.021 |
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P values | 0.012 | 0.027 | 0.042 | 0.027 | 0.043 | 0.027 |
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