Table 3

Risk of parasitemia and progression to symptomatic malaria in HbAS versus HbAA children

OutcomeHbAAHbASRR (95% CI)P
Risk of being parasitemic in a month     
    Person-months evaluated 7340 1455   
    Person-months with parasitemia 984 193   
    Proportion of months with parasitemia 0.13 0.13 1.00 (0.78-1.29) .98 
Risk of malaria once parasitemic     
    Person-months with parasitemia 984 193   
    Person-months with malaria 684 105   
    Proportion of parasitemic months with malaria 0.70 0.54 0.81 (0.69-0.94) .006 
OutcomeHbAAHbASRR (95% CI)P
Risk of being parasitemic in a month     
    Person-months evaluated 7340 1455   
    Person-months with parasitemia 984 193   
    Proportion of months with parasitemia 0.13 0.13 1.00 (0.78-1.29) .98 
Risk of malaria once parasitemic     
    Person-months with parasitemia 984 193   
    Person-months with malaria 684 105   
    Proportion of parasitemic months with malaria 0.70 0.54 0.81 (0.69-0.94) .006