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Table 1 Baseline characterizes of participants in the HRP2 RDT evaluation study, Soroti Hospital, Uganda, October 2006 and September 2007

From: Operational accuracy and comparative persistent antigenicity of HRP2 rapid diagnostic tests for Plasmodium falciparum malaria in a hyperendemic region of Uganda

 

Cross-sectional component

Longitudinal component

Characteristics

Microscopy result (n = 357)

Follow-up events (= 310)

 

Positive (n = 139)

Negatives (n = 218)

Completed (n = 224)

Lost (n = 86)

Female, n(%)

64(40%)

145(65%)

122(55%)

46(54)

Age in years, median (IQR)

1.0(0.8–6.0)

23(3.0–34.0)

1.3(0.8–2.0)

1.2(0.7–1.6)

Children less than 5 years, n(%)

102 (73)

61(28)

All

All

Temperature °C, mean (SD)

38.0(1.3)

36.8(0.9)

38.0 (1.2)

37.8 (1.2)

Anti-malarial use in previous 2 weeks

54(39%)

103(65%)

156(70)

58(67)

Parasite density/μl, geometric mean

60,074

-

31,460

29,195

Gametocytes on day-zero, n (%)

7(5%)

-

9(4%)

4(5%)

Weight in kilograms, mean(SD)

-

-

10.0(2.7)

9.4(2.4)

  1. IQC, interquartile range: SD, standard deviation