Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Table 1 Sociodemographic, comorbidities and biochemical characteristics of the study sample

From: Clinical malaria and the potential risk of anaemia among preschool-aged children: a population-based study of the 2015–2016 Malawi micronutrient survey

Variable	Frequency n = 1051	Percent (%)
Sex
Female	539	49.18
Male	512	50.82
Age (months)
6–11	97	9.43
12–23	221	21.77
24–35	257	25.29
36–47	264	24.00
48–59	212	19.52
Fever in last 2 weeks
Yes	505	43.25
No	546	56.75
Malaria test result^†
Positive	278	27.63
Negative	773	72.37
Clinical malaria^a
Yes	271	27.37
No	780	72.63
Alpha1-Acid Glycoprotein
Normal	443	44.33
Abnormal	608	55.67
Serum ferritin^b
Normal	835	78.29
Abnormal	216	21.71
G6PD (n = 1004)
Unaffected	723	72.08
Affected	118	11.76
Carrier	162	16.15
Alpha-thalassemia (n = 999)
Unaffected	609	60.96
Affected	80	8.01
Carrier	310	31.03
Household hunger scale
Little to none	485	39.98
Moderate to severe	566	60.02
Type of place of residence
Urban	117	10.03
Rural	934	89.97
Region of residence
North	372	13.82
Central	383	44.34
Southern	296	41.84
Outcome variable
Any anemia
< 110 g/L	742	70.96
≥ 110 g/L	309	29.04

G6PD Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
^aDefined as an individual with malaria-related symptoms (fever [axillary temperature ≥ 37.5 °C], chills, severe malaise, headache or vomiting) at the time of examination or 1–2 days prior to the examination in the presence of a Plasmodium falciparum positive blood smear; ^bSerum ferritin adjusted for inflammation using internal regression approach, ^†malaria test using a rapid diagnostic test (RDT) kit the Standard Diagnostic (SD) BIOLINE Malaria Ag P.f/Pan histamine-rich protein (HRP-II)™ RDT)

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