Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum isolates lacking the histidine rich protein 2 gene among symptomatic malaria patients in Kwilu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics, household environment and malaria prevention and treatment practices

Characteristic	n	%	Median	IQR
Sex (n = 678)
Female	391	57.7
Male	287	42.3
Health Zone (n = 684)
Bandundu	197	28.8
Kikwit-Nord	362	52.9
Kikwit-Sud	125	18.3
Age in years (n = 680)			9	3–26
< 5	245	36.0
> 5	435	64.0
Household Size (n = 684)			6	5–8
Household environment (n = 684)
Mosquito breeding sites	600	87.7
LLIN ownership	439	64.2
LLIN utilisation	340	49.7
Malaria prevention and treatment practices
Prior drug intake (n = 684)	220	32.2
Malaria drug taken (n = 220)
Quinine	89	13.0
Sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine	42	6.1
Artemether–lumefantrine	33	4.8
Artesunate	14	2.0
Arteether	13	1.9
Artemether	12	1.8
Arteether-artemotil	10	1.5
Amodiaquine	4	0.6
Artesunate-sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine	2	0.3
Plant extract	1	0.1

For the variable sex, less than 1% information is missing (six entries). For the variable age, less than 1% information is missing (four entries)
Malaria drug taken includes only individuals who reported malaria drug intake at least one week before the survey
IQR Inter quartile range, LLIN Long lasting insecticidal net

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