Increasing incidence of malaria in children despite insecticide-treated bed nets and prompt anti-malarial therapy in Tororo, Uganda

Table 3 Geometric mean parasite densities (GMPD) by age and clinical manifestation

Clinical manifestation	Asexual parasites/μL stratified by age in months						p-value*	All ages	p-value**
Clinical manifestation	10- < 18	18- < 24	24- < 30	30- < 36	36- < 42	42- < 48	p-value*	All ages	p-value**
Symptomatic malaria	20916	24177	20912	24631	20329	22813	.938	22216	ref
Asymptomatic parasitaemia	1545	1336	2018	1948	2010	1928	.905	1901	<0.001

* Comparisons between log-transformed parasite densities by age groups using generalized estimating equations.
** Comparison between GMPD of malaria vs asymptomatic parasitaemia using generalized estimating equation.

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