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Table 2 Pharmacodynamics of AS in malaria-infected women

From: Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of artesunate and dihydroartemisinin following oral treatment in pregnant women with asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infections in Kinshasa DRC

 

Pregnant cases

  

Time point

Window 1

(22-26 wks GA)

Window 2

(32-36 wks GA)

All

Non-pregnant controls

P-value*

N

13

13

26

25

 

Screening

     

Parasitaemic - n (%)

13 (100.0)

13 (100.0)

26 (100.0)

25 (100.0)

--

Density (where > 0)†

635

(264 - 842)

516.

(404 - 659)

528

(372 - 842)

807

(325 - 2215)

0.21

0 hours (AS dosing)

     

Parasitaemic - n (%)

13 (100.0)

11 (84.6)

24 (92.3)

14 (56.0)

0.0029

Density (where > 0)†

414

(179 - 857)

183

(130 - 788)

247

(151, 828)

371

(124 - 957)

0.66

12 hours

     

Parasitaemic - n (%)

3 (23.1)

0 (0)

3 (11.5)

1 (4.0)

0.61

Density (where > 0)†

87

(44 - 286)

--

--

87

(44 - 286)

24

--

0.44

  1. * All pregnant cases vs. nonpregnant controls; Pearson chi-square, Fisher's exact, and Wilcoxon rank sum tests.
  2. † Values given as median (interquartile range).