Research Article
The Use of Screening Algorithm to Defer Blood Donors with Subclinical Malaria
Table 2
Association of study variables with P. falciparum infection status.
| | Variable | Infected (n = 91) | Noninfected (n = 364) | Test statistic | value |
| | Age (years) (mean ± SD) | 25.32 ± 4.3 | 32.19 ± 7.7 | 2.03 | 0.041a | | Gender | | | 0.22 | 0.633b | | Male n (%) | 72 (79.1) | 296 (81.3) | | | | Female n (%) | 19 (20.9) | 68 (18.7) | | | | Residential status | | | 121.14 | b | | Rural n (%) | 48 (52.7) | 25 (6.9) | | | | Periurban n (%) | 28 (30.7) | 128 (35.2) | | | | Urban n (%) | 15 (16.5) | 211 (57.9) | | | | Marital status | | | 5.89 | 0.116b | | Single n (%) | 30 (32.9) | 155 (42.6) | | | | Married n (%) | 41 (45.1) | 160 (43.9) | | | | Divorced n (%) | 13 (14.3) | 27 (7.4) | | | | Widow/widower n (%) | 7 (7.7) | 22 (6.0) | | | | Education level | | | 29.89 | b | | No formal education n (%) | 16 (17.6) | 22 (6.0) | | | | Primary education n (%) | 17 (18.7) | 26 (7.1) | | | | Junior high school n (%) | 19 (20.9) | 67 (18.4) | | | | Senior high school n (%) | 13 (14.3) | 96 (26.4) | | | | Tertiary n (%) | 26 (28.6) | 153 (42.0) | | | | Occupation | | | 26.29 | b | | Unemployed n (%) | 14 (15.4) | 16 (4.4) | | | | Students n (%) | 10 (10.9) | 12 (3.3) | | | | Government workers n (%) | 16 (17.6) | 99 (27.2) | | | | Petty trading n (%) | 32 (35.2) | 122 (33.5) | | | | Private sector workers n (%) | 19 (20.9) | 115 (31.6) | | | | Average monthly income | | | | | | 0–500 (0–100) n (%) | 25 (37.3) | 66 (19.6) | 22.67 | b | | 501–1000 (100.2–200) n (%) | 17 (25.4) | 103 (30.7) | | | | 1001–2000 (200.2–400) n (%) | 21 (31.3) | 70 (20.8) | | | | >2000 (>400) n (%) | 4 (5.9) | 97 (28.9) | | |
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aT-test; bchi-square.
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