Status of the Multidrug Resistance-1 Gene of Plasmodium falciparum in Four Malaria Epidemiological Strata, Two Decades after the Abolition of Chloroquine as First-Line Treatment for Uncomplicated Malaria in Cameroon

Table 1

Demographics and baseline clinical data.

Items	Subitems	Results for each study site
	Localities	Douala	MCA	Bafia	Bafoussam	Total
	n =	209	215	174	200	798
Gender	Male	88	94	63	88	333 (41.73%)
	Female	121	121	111	112	465 (58.27%)
Age (years)	Mean age ± std dev	25 ± 20	20 ± 15	31 ± 22	18 ± 18	24 ± 18
	Age range	1–80	2–65	1–80	1–78	1–80
Parasite density (asexual parasites/μl)	Geo-mean parasitaemia	5031	2804	603	4951	3347
	Parasitaemia range	80–232000	91–90620	45–3433	160–80000	80–232000
Haemoglobin (Hgb) (g/dl)	Hgb conc. ± std dev	11.9 ± 2.2	12.4 ± 1.8	11.4 ± 2.6	12.3 ± 1.9	11.9 ± 22.0