Research Article
Haematological Profile of Adults with Malaria Parasitaemia Visiting the Volta Regional Hospital, Ghana
Table 4
Demographic characteristics of the study participants.
| | Parameter | Plasmodium falciparum | Plasmodium malariae | Total |
| | Gender | | Male | 64 (87.67) | 9 (12.33) | 73 (30.93) | | Female | 142 (87.12) | 21 (12.88) | 163 (69.07) | | Age | | 18–24 | 76 (97.44) | 2 (2.56) | 78 (33.05) | | 25–34 | 66 (94.29) | 4 (5.71) | 70 (29.66) | | 35–44 | 29 (87.88) | 4 (12.12) | 33 (13.98) | | 45–54 | 15 (88.24) | 2 (11.76) | 17 (7.20) | | 55–64 | 17 (85.00) | 3 (15.00) | 20 (8.47) | | ≥65 | 16 (88.89) | 2 (11.11) | 18 (7.63) |
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Data are presented in figures and percentages.
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