Thrombocytopenia as a Diagnostic Marker for Malaria in Patients with Acute Febrile Illness

Table 1

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of study participants (n = 423).

Variables	Category	Number (%)
Age in years	≤14	60 (14.2)
	15–24	143 (33.8)
	25–34	119 (28.1)
	35–44	72 (17.0)
	≥45	29 (6.9)
Sex	Male	191 (45.2)
	Female	232 (54.8)
Residence	Urban	199 (47.0)
	Rural	224 (53.0)
Marital status	Single	195 (46.1)
	Married	222 (52.5)
	Widowed	6 (1.4)
Educational status	Illiterate	105 (24.8)
	Read and write	39 (9.2)
	Primary	87 (20.6)
	Secondary	96 (22.7)
	College and above	96 (22.7)
Occupational status	Student	172 (40.7)
	Government employee	46 (10.9)
	House wife	109 (25.8)
	Farmer	40 (9.5)
	Private employee	56 (13.2)
Malaria status	Positive	73 (17.3)
	Negative	350 (82.7)
Thrombocytopenia status	Thrombocytopenic	106 (25.1)
	Nonthrombocytopenic	317 (74.9)
Thrombocytopenia severity	Severe	9 (2.1)
	Moderate	43 (10.2)
	Mild	54 (12.8)
	Nonthrombocytopenia	317 (74.9)