Table 1 Participant (n = 876) and episode (n = 1162) characteristics, by testing criteria
Characteristic | All (n = 876) | Anaemia only* (n = 639) | Symptomatic (n = 237) | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Participant | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Age | 24.6 ± 5.4 | 24.5 ± 5.4 | 24.8 ± 5.5 | 0.446 |
Primigravida | 48.3 (423) | 47.3 (302) | 51.1 (121) | 0.318 |
Fundal height at enrolment | 22 [6–27] | 22 [6–27] | 21 [6–27] | 0.002 |
Rural dweller | 70.6 (618) | 70.9 (453) | 69.6 (165) | 0.714 |
SPAZ-IPTp | 49.9 (437) | 51.6 (330) | 45.2 (107) | 0.088 |
|  | All (n = 1162) | Anaemia only* (n = 854) | Symptomatic (n = 308) |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Episode | ||||
RDT | ||||
 HRP2 + | 5.3 (62) | 2.1 (18) | 14.3 (44) | <0.001 |
 HRP2 + pLDH + | 4.5 (52) | 1.2 (10) | 13.6 (42) | <0.001 |
 pLDH + | 1.8 (21) | 0.8 (7) | 4.5 (14) | <0.001 |
Light microscopy | ||||
 P. falciparum | 11.5 (133) | 5.6 (48) | 27.6 (85) | <0.001 |
 Asexual parasite density | 5141 (1437; 16–123,484) | 2237 (441; 39–19,372) | 6731 (2418; 16–123,484) | 0.001 |
 <200 parasites/µL | 21.1 (28/133) | 29.2 (14/48) | 16.5 (14/85) | 0.085 |
 P. vivax | 0.9 (10) | 0.9 (8) | 0.7 (2) | 0.480 |
 Asexual parasite density | 434 (96; 16–3341) | 470 (60; 16–3341) | 288 (288; 143–432) | <0.001 |
 <200 parasites/µL | 80.0 (8/10) | 87.5 (7/8) | 50.0 (1/2) | 0.378 |
qPCR positive | ||||
 P. falciparum** | 14.7 (171) | 10.1 (86) | 27.6 (85) | <0.001 |
 P. vivax** | 2.2 (25) | 2.5 (21) | 1.3 (4) | 0.358 |