Artemisinin resistance containment project in Thailand. II: responses to mefloquine-artesunate combination therapy among falciparum malaria patients in provinces bordering Cambodia

Table 1 Demographic characteristic of Plasmodium falciparum patients, comparing those with complete follow-up (until day-28 and day-42) and those with at least one follow-up, January 2009-December 2011

	Total		Complete 42 days FU		Complete 28 days FU		≥1 FU
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Total	1174	100	578	49	619	53	967	82
Gender
Male	1067	91	520	90	561	91	880	91
Female	107	9	58	10	58	9	87	9
Age groups (years)
0-15	73	6	37	6	40	6	59	6
16-30	416	35	176	30	193	31	343	35
31-50	538	46	276	48	294	47	437	45
50+	143	12	88	15	91	15	126	13
Fever on admission
Yes	72	6	61	11	63	10	68	7
No	10	1	8	1	8	1	10	1
Citizen
Thai	1024	87	529	92	568	92	863	89
Long-term Migrant	54	5	25	4	25	4	49	5
Short-term Migrant	96	8	24	4	26	4	55	6
Drug resistance area
A1	261	22	134	23	145	23	215	22
A2	221	19	89	15	94	15	192	20
B1	178	15	87	15	94	15	137	14
B2	514	44	268	46	286	46	423	44
Year
2009	706	60	379	66	401	65	576	60
2010	300	26	153	26	167	27	265	27
2011	168	14	46	8	51	8	126	13
Province
Buriram	13	1	10	2	10	2	10	1
Chantaburi	40	3	13	2	13	2	17	2
Sakaew	36	3	25	4	25	4	31	3
Srisaket	387	33	110	19	114	18	297	31
Surin	158	13	85	15	107	17	126	13
Trat	164	14	75	13	77	12	152	16

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