Oxidative Stress and Hemoglobin Level of Complicated and Uncomplicated Malaria Cases among Children: A Cross-Sectional Study in Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana

Table 1

Ages and gender of study participants.

Variables	Control	Uncomplicated	Complicated	P value
	(n=15)	(n=51)	(n=17)
Age (years) (mean ± SD)	3.80±1.66	4.32±2.81	4.27±2.96	0.801
Age range of the wards (years)				0.777
0-5	10 (66.7%)	35 (68.6%)	11 (64.7%)
6-10	5 (33.3%)	14 (27.5%)	6 (35.3%)
11- 12	-	2 (3.9%)	-
Gender				0.676
Male	8 (53.3%)	24 (47.1%)	7 (41.2%)
Female	7 (46.7%)	27 (52.9%)	10 (58.8%)

SD = standard deviation, P value<0.05 = statistically significant.