Implications of P. falciparum-hookworm coinfection among school-aged children, stratified by age.

Arithmetic, geometric, and median values were derived from blood samples collected from 147 school-aged children in the Taabo health demographic surveillance system in south-central Côte d'Ivoire in April 2010. Children infected with P. falciparum alone are compared with children matched for age coinfected with P. falciparum and hookworm. Unpaired bilateral t-test was performed to compare means of hemoglobin concentration between groups. Wilcoxon rank-sum test was applied to compare P. falciparum parasitemia, sTfR, serum ferritin, ratio sTfR/log ferritin, AGP, and CRP values between groups.AGP, α1-acid glycoprotein; CI, confidence interval; CRP, C-reactive protein; sTfR, soluble transferrin receptor.