Side Effects of Chloroquine and Primaquine and Symptom Reduction in Malaria Endemic Area (Mâncio Lima, Acre, Brazil)

Table 1

Epidemiological and clinical variables of the study population.

Clinical and epidemiological characteristics (%)
Gender
Male	56%
Female	44%
Age
0 to 15 years old	26%
16 to 40 years old	52%
Over 40 years old	22%
Race
White	12%
Brown	78%
Black	6%
Indigenous	4%
Length of stay in endemic area
0 to 10 years old	22%
11 to 20 years old	30%
21 to 30 years old	14%
31 to 40 years old	16%
More than 40 years old	18%
Malaria in previous year
Yes	52%
No	48%
Lifelong malaria episodes
1 to 5	36%
6 to 10	28%
More than 10	36%
Parasitemia
<200 parasites/mm^3	66%
200–300 parasites/mm^3	10%
301–500 parasites/mm^3	12%
501–10.000 parasites/mm^3	12%