Table 1: Distribution of Plasmodium falciparum infection among febrile patients attending Federal Medical Centre Keffi, Nigeria in relation to sociodemographics and hematological parameters.
| Parameters | No. Examined | No. Positive | Prevalence (%) | χ2 | P value |
|
Categories of Patients Children Male adult Female adult Pregnant women |
116 102 88 94 |
79 48 37 63 |
68.1 47.1 42.0 67.0 |
6.1219 |
0.1057 |
|
Genotype AA AS SS |
106 151 143 |
88 72 67 |
83.0 47.7 46.9 |
10.2046 |
0.0059 |
|
Blood group A B AB O |
87 87 56 170 |
79 67 41 40 |
90.8 77.0 73.2 23.5 |
41.1801 |
< 0.0001 |
|
Gender Male Female |
128 272 |
70 157 |
54.7 57.7 |
0.0907 |
0.7633 |
|
Rhesus factor Positive Negative |
364 36 |
210 17 |
57.7 47.2 |
0.4273 |
0.5133 |
|
Age (Years) < 15 16-30 31-45 > 46 |
87 150 145 18 |
63 98 58 8 |
72.4 65.3 40.0 44.4 |
8.8123 |
0.0317 |
|
Use of ITNs Yes No |
260 140 |
145 82 |
55.8 58.6 |
0.0799 |
0.7774 |
|
PCV range 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40 > 40 |
40 30 60 180 63 27 |
34 26 38 93 28 8 |
85.0 86.7 63.3 51.7 44.4 29.6 |
10.2595 |
0.0681 |