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Table 2 Mean haemoglobin (standard deviation) and mean haemoglobin changes at follow up in Papuan and non-Papuan adults following treatment for Plasmodium vivax or P . falciparum malaria

From: Haemoglobin dynamics in Papuan and non-Papuan adults in northeast Papua, Indonesia, with acute, uncomplicated vivax or falciparum malaria

 

Papuans

N

Non Papuans

N

P

Day 0

     

Hb

11.85 (1.88)

57

13.5 (2.27)

105

0.009

Males

12.27 (0.26)

44

13.35 (0.22)

94

0.005

Hb falciparum

12.16 (1.97)

36

12.94 (2.18)

53

0.1

Hb vivax

11.4 (1.59)

16

13.47 (2.35)

47

0.001

Day 3

     

Hb

11.93 (2.02)

46

12.86 (1.73)

90

0.006

Hb falciparum

12.14 (2.12)

31

12.65 (1.83)

47

0.26

Hb vivax

11.5 (1.78)

15

13.09 (1.61)

43

0.0024

∆ Hb3 Hb0

−0.03 (−0.31 to?+?0.24)

46

−0.27 (−0.63 to?+?0.09)

90

0.39

∆ Hb3 Hb0 falciparum

– 0.11 (−0.48 to?+?0.25)

31

−0.17 (−0.6 to?+?0.26)

47

0.85

∆ Hb3 Hb0 vivax

0.12 (−0.28 to?+?0.53)

15

−0.38 (−0.99 to?+?0.29)

43

0.33

Day 7

     

Hb

12.2 (1.95)

43

12.8 (1.76)

83

0.1

Hb falciparum

12.28 (2.07)

29

12.3 (1.71)

40

0.96

Hb vivax

12.06 (1.75)

14

13.21 (1.71)

43

0.035

∆ Hb7 Hb0

0.31 (−0.05 to?+?0.68)

42

−0.23 (−0.71 to?+?0.12)

83

0.059

∆ Hb7 Hb0 falciparum

0.17 (−0.28 to?+?0.64)

28

−0.44 (−0.09 to +0.96)

40

0.09

∆ Hb7 Hb0 vivax

0.56 (−0.07 to?+?1.26)

14

−0.17 (−0.49 to +0.82)

43

0.2

Day 28

     

Hb

13.07 (2.03)

27

13.9 (1.49)

47

0.038

Hb falciparum

13.23 (2.15)

19

13.49 (1.54)

25

0.64

Hb vivax

12.71 (1.79)

8

14.46 (1.28)

22

0.006

∆ Hb28 Hb0

1.15 (0.55 to 1.76)

26

0.94 (0.25 to 1.63)

47

0.66

∆ Hb28 Hb0 falciparum

1.06 (0.23 to 1.9)

18

1.2 (0.3 to 2.1)

25

0.82

∆ Hb28 Hb0 vivax

1.36 (0.46 to 2.26)

8

0.64 (−0.48 to 1.75)

22

0.44